 bentand IngaPremium
join:2004-10-04
Loveland, CO
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2 edits | reply to fegul
Re: WTF!?!?!? Lone Tree???? As someone who sold cable for AT&T Broadband back in the hayday when they were first rebuilding areas here in Denver, I can tell you from personal experience that you always hit the new build first. Couple of reasons:
1. Get your service in the door before the competition
2. Get your service in the door before the competition
If they can get their fiber down before Comcast does, and get all the customers signed up with video, telephony, and data before Comcast does, they are in the drivers seat. People who have bundled services at a reasonable price are difficult to switch. Lone Tree is also one of the fastest growing areas of metro Denver, with one of the highest median incomes. Why would they market this service to Littleton (mostly middle income) or Aurora (mostly lower-middle income)?
The people who live in Lone Tree mostly work in the DTC, and one of the things they ask when buying a house is "What sort of internet service can I get here?" When the answer is "fiber to the door" their eyes light up.
You're wrong about getting a TON of new customers in the larger middle class areas. These people already have service of some sort, and all of the customers you would get (especially with a 1.5meg cap) would be churn.
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grantjePremium
join:2003-05-07
Kokomo, IN | Who in the world has their eyes light up at "fiber to the door" that also thinks a 1.5 cap on FTTH is reasonable? I don't get it.
I'd rather keep my 3.0 DSL for $30 rather than bundled 1.5 capped FTTH at any price (except perhaps free, but I'd still keep the DSL). |
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bentand IngaPremium
join:2004-10-04
Loveland, CO | True, but the real estate agent isn't going to tell them that. If you told me I could get fiber, I'd be stoked. Until I found out about the cap, that is.
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