Politics Intervenes, Again

FRom DSL Prime via ISP-Planet: "Don't believe the hype, including ours. VDSL2 isn't a ready to deploy product for most carriers. IPTV is generally even further off, according to half a dozen suppliers I spoke with recently. The supposed demand of businesses for symmetric bandwidth is repudiated by dismal sales in the U.K. The "rising power of tech companies in D.C." is insignificant compared to real pros, the phone company lobbyists. "