Mike Paxton Cable Quotations

Cable is not really growing at all. It's seeing roughly 15 to 20 percent growth in terms of upgrades to digital cable, but net total growth for the industry will probably be down 2 to 3 percent in 2004.

Cable is not really growing at all, ... It's seeing roughly 15 to 20 percent growth in terms of upgrades to digital cable, but net total growth for the industry will probably be down 2 to 3 percent in 2004.

They are taking a hit and are now heavily in debt. But cable providers have got to position themselves this way for the future, in terms of providing broadband services for the payback several years down the road. If they don't, they will be run over by the satellite vendors, video over DSL vendors, and fixed wireless.

The fact that we are three years into the broadband revolution and cable still has a substantial lead says something.