AT&T To Offer TV Over Phone Lines 303
ppadala writes "AT&T is upgrading their phone lines to offer video programmes over phone line. The service, called U-verse TV will be available in parts of Southern California communities initially. Channel lineups will be similar to traditional cable and dish offerings. AT&T is insisting that, 'This offering is on par with those of its cable rivals. But AT&T claims that it offers customers more for their money, including fast channel changing, video-on-demand, three set-top boxes, a digital video recorder, a picture-in-picture feature that allows viewers to surf channels without switching channels and an interactive program guide.'"
a momentary blip of anticipation (Score:5, Funny)
Wow, video (on demand and more) via the phone lines. I actually had a "moment" of anticipation, thinking I could maybe finally dump the miserable (Comcast) quality and service of our cable company. Then, the quote: "'This offering is on par with those of its cable rivals. "...
Sigh.
Catching up with the rest of the world (Score:5, Funny)
/sarcasm off
What an Innovation! (Score:5, Funny)
Must have taken them months to independantly discover this combination.
an upgrade? (Score:4, Funny)
American Icon, Survivor, etc!
Re:a momentary blip of anticipation (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, I think I saw something like that at their exhibit at the Worlds Fair...in 1963!
I guess they still haven't quite got all the bugs worked out.
"The future is fun!
The future is fair!
You may already have won!
You may already be there!
Welcome to the future!"
This is old news of a much-delayed release (Score:3, Funny)
That service has been here for ages (Score:4, Funny)
Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)