Delivering video via broadband can be a killer app for small ISPs

By John Bugailiskis

MISSISSAUGA – “Years ago we would have thought, as smaller operators, there's no way in hell we can keep up with them tech offerings,” he said.“It's easy for Amazon to make a Fire Stick that blows everybody away. It's HDMI, add it to your TV, you've got 4K, voice search, you've got IMDB, you've got everything you want. And if I own an Amazon Fire Stick or a Roku box (the end-user device) is my problem. It's not your problem as an operator anymore.”Sacks said the fastest way for ISPs to increase margins is to add a video service to...