"Nobody likes their cable company" is an old mainstay, and hardly anybody tries to fix the problem by starting another cable company. But that's Layer3's goal. The company has been operating under the radar for a while now, serving a small test market with TV and internet (under the brand Umio) in Texas while it builds out its product. A recent profile in Wired shared more of the company's strategy.
Layer3's biggest edge over the incumbents is the ability to start from scratch — but with a lot of cash and industry experience behind it. It's building an all-IP infrastructure, including its own 12,000-mile backbone and fancy Denver data center. Because it doesn't have to mix in any legacy tech and worry about the traditional cable-s...
via The Verge
