The State of the Quadruple Play

Staying connected is about to become even easier.  In a world of wireless, land line, and video phones, the Internet, and hundreds of television channels and their associated content, it’s easy to understand why, as our lives become more dependent on these services, consumers will demand increased and more efficient access to them.  3G enabled cell phones and mobile broadband already give smartphone users almost unfettered access to the entire content of the Internet (although some bandwidth intensive services get throttled).  Fiber to the home (FTTH) and limited roll outs of highly anticipated 4G wireless data services will give people unprecedented access at any time or in any place to the bandwidth needed for consumption of increasingly converging services like VOIP and IPTV. To fill this need, ISP’s and telecom companies are rushing to upgrade their network infrastructure and add services.  While the “triple play”, consisting of TV, Internet, and phone service has ...