Codetel is using ADSL+,Anex M
The service is "almost" fiber to the home.
The link has capacity for 24Mbps Download.
Or you could have 12 video IP boxes viewing 12 different programming. Plus you have the capability to record and pause what you are viewing. I would assume they will limit 4 or 5 boxes to each house.
The new infrastructure Codetel has Installed in a record time has gigabits capacity. I will assume that in Santo Domingo and Santiago more than 200 Fiber to the Home "The Green or White" Metal boxes found on the street, where installed. The investment is cheaper than wireless and has greater bandwidth capacity per user than wireless.
190 Channels, plus 50 music, plus a Few HD channels, plus who know how many video on demand could be done with just 500Mbps, that they have capacity on each one of the boxes.
The system uses TCP/Broadcast ( Like DHCP ), this means that the same stream for 10 viewers will just use the same bandwidth as one channel.
The technology is not new, but in DR this will be a killer for cable companies and hard competition for all other Carriers ( Tricom, OneMax and WindTelecom ). Why? Codetel can and will provide more bandwidth to each user located near one of the boxes.
Note, that the "Boxes" are located on very high income sectors and that the initial price is very high compare to analog cable.
I must admit, they have the right stuff. If you are with in reach you will have the service in less than 5 days. They worked hard installing it, "kept it a secret" and then bang!, came out with service. NO BLAH!, BLAH! BLAH like Wind Telecom.
Question now is, Will OneMax or WindTelecom have capacity to provide 5Mbps to each user? AH! that a simple NO they can't.
They should aim the business to another sector.