Zadeh and his team at least remain convinced that the future belongs to cable. It is a closed system, and as such ultimately seems set to go the way of France s dusty Minitel. BSkyB certainly seems to have such an alliance in its sites, but for the moment cable has the advantage, both in terms of being able to offer viable services now and because of lingering doubts about ADSL from a technological standpoint. Telewest s current large-scale trial indicates that they finally may be getting somewhere. It is important not to underestimate the difficulty of putting such a service together.
Cable still holds a good hand.
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