Cable could rule if it plays its cards right

Cable has reached a turning point where it can beat the phone giants in the race to dominate home entertainment and communications, but the price could be steep, consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers says in a study of cable industry prospects out Monday. ¶ The report urges operators to roll out packages of sophisticated video, Internet and phone services before companies such as BellSouth, SBC and Verizon complete a $10 billion investment in fiber-optic lines. Those lines will let them offer cablelike TV along with phone and Internet services that will rival bundles from cable operators, which are beginning to add phone service. ... Link: USATODAY.com. Thanks to paidContent.org which contains a link to the PWC report. --Dennis