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Re: Dumb Pipe.... My in-laws probably count as "Average Joes". They don't know much about the Internet. They can check e-mails and browse the web a bit, but that's about it. In fact, my father-in-law's favorite activity is playing Snood.
When they purchased their new laptop and wanted to move away from AOL dial-up (yay!), they looked at Verizon DSL and Time Warner Roadrunner. They chose DSL. ISP content offerings didn't factor into the decision at all. They looked at price first and speed second. It just so happened that Verizon DSL's $15 plan was fast enough for their needs. (Much faster than their old dial up AOL, that's for sure.)
I think most "Average Joes" shop for Internet access in the same way. How much does it cost? How fast is it? (In general terms since 3Mbps is too technical for them.) |
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I've always believed that comcast would attract more customers if they would get rid of the CATV "Blackmail Fee" and supply lower bandwidth tiers for lower prices. Why not just kill off dial-up with this idea?
As for their content, who cares? It gets more bandwidth and CPU intensive everytime I stop by (which is about once-a-year).
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