I want my IPTV: Internet Protocol television predicted a winner

Among the technology winners IEEE Spectrum magazine recently predicted to surge in 2005 is Internet Protocol television. IPTV delivers a relatively low-speed broadband TV connection (2.2 megabits per second) through telephone wires. By using a legacy copper network instead of a more costly optical-fiber upgrade, IPTV delivers a multiplicity of programming choices that's expected to enable telephone carriers to one day give cable providers a run for their money.