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For why it's symmetrical now specifically: killing QAM TV delivery frees up a lot of bandwidth for DOCSIS. Until that was a possibility, DOCSIS competed with 20

For why it's symmetrical now specifically: killing QAM TV delivery frees up a lot of bandwidth for DOCSIS. Until that was a possibility, DOCSIS competed with 200+ channels for cable companies to allocate spectrum to.

valleyer 3y ago
Have many major cable companies actually stopped offering (non-IP-based) TV? I hadn't heard about that.
- brigade 3y ago
  I think US cable companies have to offer the option indefinitely because of CableCard, but they’re certainly moving to drop legacy TV delivery as much as possible.