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ດັ່ງລາຍງານດັ່ງຕໍ່ໄປນີ້
THE Cable TV Lao Company is upgrading to fibre optic cabling to make available services other than television to its customers.
Cable TV usually uses a standard wired cable system to carry television signals. The more modern fibre optic system carries more signals, offering access to services such as the Internet and telephone.
"We want to keep out company abreast of modern developments for a better service, so we are installing this system," said company director Zhao Xinjian.
"If all goes according to plan, we will open the Internet service by the end of this year."
He said that this depends on the company receiving government permission and as long as the situation does not change.
"If we can have an Internet service along with our cable TV, it will be more convenient, because we can use many service on the one cable. But I am not sure if it will be fast enough for me," said Ms Vone, a cable TV user in Kualuang village.
The company will open the Internet service first, and then plans to add telephone services.
Customers will eventually have the full range of services available, but will have to pay for each individual service.
"We will charge separately for each service," said Zhao Xinjian
"Our Internet service will be cheaper than other telecom companies," he added.
The company is already laying its fibre optic cables and predict that by April 10, they will have completed installation to every point of the city.
When the system is installed and in operation, the fibre optic cables will not only offer Internet and telephone, but the television signals will be of a much higher quality.
"We know that the standard cable system cannot send a signal far, so it is not suitable for users who are far outside the city," said Zhao Xinjian.
"The fibre optic system will be able to carry signals however far the users are away from the station," he claimed.
He explained that the screen picture will be clearer and sharper and the signal will not drop out as happens frequently with the normal cable system; when it is raining, the signal can drop out often, but the fibre optic system is immune to the weather.
"I want them to improve the service, because sometimes we can only tune in to one channel - sometimes there is no signal at all," said a cable TV customer.
"On some channels the picture is not clear; some channels don't have audio. I want them to improve this," said Ped, other cable TV customer.
"With the fibre optic system there will be only one percent or less of these sorts of reception problems," promised Zhao Xinjian.
"At present cable offers 33 channels, and we will increase this choice, although we are not yet sure how many channels we will carry," he added.
Cable TV is presently available in most areas in the city districts of Chanthabouly, Sikhottabong, Xaysettha, Sisattanak, Xaythany and Hadxaifong. The Cable TV Company will offer a service to all areas in these districts, including those at present not serviced. There are no plans as yet to expand the network to other provinces.
The company is a joint investment between the Lao government (15 percent) and a Chinese investor (85 percent), and it started operating in 2002.
The company has over 10,000 users. "This is not as many as we think there should be, because many people do not understand about how much use they will get from a cable; they think that they will only use it to watch TV, but we are trying to let them know that there will be many more services available," said Zhao Xinjian.
Currently the price of a cable TV service is 1.23 million kip (US$123) for a government organisation and 1.33 million kip (US$133) for others, plus a monthly rental of 15,000 kip per month.
Source: vientianetimes.org.la
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