Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Tue, 21 May 91 21:37:50 GMT From: Tom Streeter Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Viewer-Controlled Cable TV Message-ID: Organization: University of Georgia, Athens Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 387, Message 7 of 11 Lines: 14 It seems to me that I read in "Electronic Media" that the view-on-demand system to be tested in Denver by TCI will involve stocking a room with a couple of hundred VCRs and manually feeding the movies to customers. They want to see if the concept works before investing in the equipment necessary to automate the process. This from the company which is refusing to upgrade any of its systems until it knows whether or not the RBOCs will be allowed into the business in their own service areas ... ("Yes, let's freeze our lousy service in place so ANY alternative will look good!") Tom Streeter streeter@athena.cs.uga.edu