What is IPTV? Thats what people ask me when I bring up the topic in conversation. Basically, its just as it sounds. In the same manner that voice services are making the transition from traditional analog implementations to digital communications over existing networks (think voip), the time has come for our traditionally analog cable networks to not just go digital, but for the services they provide to be moved to an existing network. The problem is that our existing high speed internet connections simply don’t provide enough bandwidth to carry all of those channels, well not at the same time. But thats not the end of that story. There is a massive fiber optic build out going on in this country. Right now, as I type this article, cable companies are racing telcos to get fiber to your door so that they can sell you the big picture. Voice. Data. Video. Whatever else. Cable companies want to sell you VoIP. Telco’s want to sell you video. Apple’s using x86. I keep looking up for the flying swine. I’ve strayed. I’ll explain more tomorrow.