Qwest went to the city of Portland, Oregan stating that it would bring competition to the cable incumbent Comcast. Qwest povided maps of the city indicating where it would upgrade its bandwidth speed from the current 3 Mbps maximum to its new FTTN network delivering at least 20 Mbps. Qwest said it planned to have the video service available to 20 percent of Portland in four years and 50 percent in six years.
Qwest's Portland video franchise goes into effect on January 1, 2008 after which Qwest will have 18 months to notify the city of when it plans to begin cable service.
Qwest's Portland video franchise goes into effect on January 1, 2008. At that point, Qwest will have 18 months to notify the city of when it plans to begin cable service, if at all.
This is a pretty tentative and slow rollout of IPTV services. Qwest seems to have made the decision that IPTV is not an important strategy. Frankly, I am skeptical that this will lead to an IPTV rollout of any significance.
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