{"id":204,"date":"2004-08-18T16:22:01","date_gmt":"2004-08-18T16:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/2004\/08\/18\/article3a\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T18:27:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T18:27:19","slug":"article3a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/2004\/08\/18\/article3a\/","title":{"rendered":"The Independent Telco Space According to Viodi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"javascript:\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/local\/images\/local-banner-5-26.gif\" border=\"0\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/local\/','','')\"\/><\/a><br \/>           <a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/local\/','','')\">Indie            Telco Local Content Workshop Information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                       Quick                      Jump Menu to this Issue&#8217;s Articles                     August                      18th, 2004 Overview                      USF                      Overview:                      My Dream as to how to Restructure USF&#8217;s Funding:                     The                      Independent Telco Space According to Viodi:                                                                                <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><b><b><a name=\"conf\"\/>The            Independent Telco Space According to Viodi<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">by Ken Pyle, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\">Viodi,            LLC <\/a>(ken.pyle@viodi.com)<\/p>\n<p>       \u00a0        <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/alliance\/','','toolbar=yes,location=yes,status=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes')\"><a href=\"javascript:\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/images\/Viodi_Vector_Logo_revised-eps-7-02-04-195px.gif\" width=\"195\" height=\"56\" border=\"0\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/alliance\/','','toolbar=yes,location=yes,status=yes,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes')\"\/><\/a><br \/>           <a href=\"javascript:\">About Viodi, LLC<\/a>          <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>August 18th, 2004 Issue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/signUp.htm\">Subscribe            to Viodi View<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/\">Current            Issue<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/newsletter\/040800\/index.htm\">Previous            Issue<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\">This article provides            some summary market figures for the independent telcos video (cable            television) offerings. These numbers are derived from Viodi\u2019s            database and are intended to represent the general market size. It is            almost an impossible task to keep the database up-to-date, due to the            large numbers of telcos, the constant addition of new services and the            occasional merger. In other words, <strong>don\u2019t bet your life<\/strong>            on the numbers that are provided, but they should provide a good<strong>            approximation<\/strong> for the market size. <\/p>\n<p>If anything, the database undercounts the total number of telcos offering            video. One reason for the undercount is that there are only approximately            <strong>1,050<\/strong> telcos in the Viodi database. Reports have suggested            that there may be from <strong>1,200 to 1,400<\/strong> independent telcos            in the United States. Another indication that the numbers are conservative            is OPASTCO\u2019s survey suggesting that <strong>half<\/strong> their            members provide video services\u2026this would imply 275 telcos in            their universe are currently providing cable services. <\/p>\n<p>If the OPASTCO ratio was extended to the entire industry, it would            mean 600 to 700 telcos provide video services. This seems a bit high,            based on what I have seen in the nine years of building the Viodi database.          <\/p>\n<p>Another indication that the Viodi database is conservative is the bit            of a work done in the last few days to account for new video service            offerings. This effort has increased the number of telcos that are confirmed            to be video providers by approximately ten percent. <\/p>\n<p>As far as the numbers from <strong>Viodi\u2019s database<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>307<\/strong> telcos supply <strong>video<\/strong> (cable              television) via coax, hybrid fiber coax, xDSL or Fiber to the home.              Again, based on the above factors, my gut feel is that this number              is probably more like<strong> 350 to 400<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>77<\/strong> telcos are supplying video over DSL (<strong>ADSL              or VDSL<\/strong>). The majority of these are still ATM, although <strong>IP<\/strong>              seems to be <strong>rapidly gaining<\/strong>. I suspect this number              is a bit low and is probably more like <strong>100<\/strong> telcos              supplying video services over xDSL.<\/li>\n<li><strong>23<\/strong> telcos are supplying video over <strong>Fiber              to the Home<\/strong>. Again, this number is conservative and should              probably be bumped up to <strong>30 to 40<\/strong>. One of the things              that impressed me at the California Telephone Association was the              number of independent telcos that are <strong>planning<\/strong> on              <strong>deploying FTTH<\/strong> in Greenfield deployments, regardless              of whether or not they currently offer video services. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lastly, it is important to note that the independent telcos often have            <strong>overlapping<\/strong> technologies and could embrace IP over            xDSL, FTTH, while having an HFC system for areas outside of their traditional            exchange area. <\/p>\n<p>I am curious to hear of others\u2019 estimates for the size of the            independent telco market. Please let us know by <strong>emailing<\/strong>            us, <strong>iocmarketsize@viodi.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to Top<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\"><a href=\"index.htm\">Back to Main Page <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\">All displayed trademarks, logos            and service marks are the property of their respective owners. \u00a9            2003 <a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"MM_openBrWindow('http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/alliance','','')\">Viodi,            LLC<\/a>. All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ustelecom04.com\/conference04\/\">            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/telecom04\/images\/telecom04.gif\" alt=\"Learn more about Telecom '04\" border=\"0\"\/><br align=\"center\"\/>           Learn About Telecom04<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>IP Video Conference Agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/telecom04\/index.htm#economic\">Economic            and Product Feature Considerations for Telecom Network Architectures<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/telecom04\/index.htm#interface\">The            Consumer Electronics Interface \u2013 Can You See Me Now?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/telecom04\/index.htm#regulation\">Regulation            101 \u2013 What a Telco Has to Consider When Deploying Video &amp;            Other New Services <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/telecom04\/index.htm#access\">Equal            Access for All<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/telecom04\/index.htm#content\">Telco            Content Options<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/telecom04\/index.htm#game\">Get            in the Game \u2013 How do Games Play in a Service Providers\u2019            Plans?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/telecom04\/index.htm#advertising\">Advertising            and other Alternative Revenue Sources <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/telecom04\/index.htm#voip\">Integrating            VoIP Content Into a Telco\u2019s Bundled Service Offering<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viodi.com\/telecom04\/index.htm#bundles\">Making            Sticky Bundles \u2013 Baking up new ways to gain and retain customers            <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ustelecom04.com\/conference04\/attendees\/registration.cfm\"><strong>Link            to Registration Page<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                         \u00a0                  \u00a0              \u00a0          <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indie Telco Local Content Workshop Information Quick Jump Menu to this Issue&#8217;s Articles August 18th, 2004 Overview USF Overview: My Dream as to how to Restructure USF&#8217;s Funding: The Independent Telco Space According to Viodi: The Independent Telco Space According to Viodi by Ken Pyle, Viodi, LLC (ken.pyle@viodi.com) \u00a0 About Viodi, LLC August 18th, 2004 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":808,"href":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions\/808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viodi.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}