NextBox 3s have lots of features that Rogers doesn't use and may never use. It's just as well because they don't seem to be able to make the features they do use work well.
I just switched from Bell Fibe back to Rogers. During the install I asked the guy if they were planning on a wireless box like Bell's "TV Anywhere". He said no, that technology is just too flaky. I told him that I was actually quite impressed with how well it worked (better than their WiFi for sure) and he said for every installation where it works well, there are several with issues. Maybe he was just regurgitating company propaganda or maybe he was right and I was lucky. But in any case it did not sound like this was something Rogers was pursuing.
The NB3 boxes can do full IPTV if and when Rogers decides to launch it, so this may be a pre-cursor to that service by opening up the Wi-Fi capabilities. Their was a recent announcement by Rogers that they do indeed plan to launch IPTV sometime this year.
Rogers does all their NextBox IP stuff over RG6 coax using MoCA. That include Whole Home, VOD and the channels that already are already IP based. There is no provision on the box for a WiFi antenna and it's a metal box so enabling built in WiFi is not likely. There is a LAN port but it's not used for anything (at least not at the consumer end.) USB WiFi dongles would be problematic so I don't see Rogers going that route.
The IPTV that was announced will likely be app and browser based, similar to the VOD and Shomi services that are already available. Considering what Rogers is already doing, it would be easy to add a few live TV streams over the same protocols.
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