Dvs?

[bweiteka]

So my folks are thinking of dropping Dish for a service offered by their local phone company, Illinois Consolidated, called DVS. They promise to offer phone, dsl, and over 200 channels through existing phone lines. I was not aware that standard 4 or 6 wire phone line had this capability. Anyone ever hear of this type of service?

 

[jkinser]

Most likely this is a Video Over IP solution. The maximum allowed number of TVs is capped at three so they are probably providing a DSL pipe and putting some QoS on it to ensure the video and voice quality for the phone and video.

You can find more informated at the consolidated com website

 

[theGUYman]

Yep, similar services are being offered in Canada

Some telcos in Canada offer this now. Do a google search on Sasktel MAX and MTSTV.

I believe Sasktel was one of the first in North America to offer TV service over telephone lines.

You can get more info from some Canadian forums located at digitalhomecanada[dot]com