Your comment is completely outdated, as what you state is plainly wrong in 2008 (was true a decade ago though). France is one of the leading countries for broadband, and has the largest number of IPTV subscribers in the world. FTTH is rolling out in many cities, with 4 different providers rushing to connect paris... IPTV has HD, but it's not what the article is about.. The article was about HD DTT, which is not big in France. The reference to 2012 is theswitch off date for analog terrestrial. Some references in this blog (which points to different articles from the WSJ or other sources) http://gigaom.com/2006/03/27/frances-broadband-miracle/
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Your comment is completely outdated, as what you state is plainly wrong in 2008 (was true a decade ago though).
France is one of the leading countries for broadband, and has the largest number of IPTV subscribers in the world. FTTH is rolling out in many cities, with 4 different providers rushing to connect paris...
IPTV has HD, but it's not what the article is about.. The article was about HD DTT, which is not big in France. The reference to 2012 is theswitch off date for analog terrestrial.
Some references in this blog (which points to different articles from the WSJ or other sources) http://gigaom.com/2006/03/27/frances-broadband-miracle/