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English: capacity of coaxial cable network Nederlands: transportcapaciteit van de coax kabel (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) AT&T's IP Investment Could Reshape Telecom Regulation - Tech Daily Dose :  "In the absence of any regulatory requirements , telecommunications companies would negotiate reciprocal agreements to carry traffic. In a worse-case scenario, this could lead to interruptions of the type seen in pay-TV , when broadcast signals and cable network feeds are withheld from subscribers when service providers and content owners negotiate over pricing. "Whether I get to see Mad Men is one thing," said Feld, citing a recent dispute between AMC and Dish Network . "Whether I can call the hospital in an emergency--that's something else." Related articles AT&T's IP Investment Could Reshape Telecom Regulation

Verizon Building in New York City (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Lost Verizon (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Verizon's CEO has a plan for wireless pay-TV, if the government will allow it -- Engadget : "Verizon CEO Lowell C. McAdam doesn't quite have all of those SpectrumCo AWS licenses in his pocket just yet, but if he does get them he has a decidedly old school idea of what to flood the airwaves with: TV. "  { Lowell, Lowell, Lowell . . . triple your salary and what do we get for it?  more of the vast wasteland ? and of course Big G. will allow it . . . you pay taxes don't you? uh, er, uhm . . . never mind.}[ero]