| The real statistics I'd like to see this broken down by technology because I don't believe these stats unless 80% of the country is still on dial up. If the consumer is a cable customer then its 100% the cable company as the ISP. If the consumer is a dsl or fiber customer then I'd bet 90% of them are using Verizon or AT&T a the provider. When you add up the cable providers and the telcos it doesn't even come to 50% according to their research.
So how about a study of the real question. And that is what percent of BROADBAND customers are using what ISP's. When you crunch those numbers I believve that your going to find that 95% of the customers are either using the local cable company or Verizon/AT&T.
Do we know what percent of the country is still on dial up? Wasn't there an article a few weeks ago on BBR that said that the FCC was inflating their numbers on the penetration of broadband? Doesn't this information appear to back those claims?
I think that the general population sees these statistics and says, "AT&T only has 9% of the market place, what are those people talking about when they say AT&T is a monopoly?" |
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 PathfinderDazed ConfusedPremium
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Mount Vernon, NY | Does this take in to account the number of AOL subscribers on BYOA or on free AOL?
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said by T1 Rocky:Do we know what percent of the country is still on dial up? Wasn't there an article a few weeks ago on BBR that said that the FCC was inflating their numbers on the penetration of broadband? Doesn't this information appear to back those claims? Based just on what you pointed out, I think you may be on to something. |
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said by Pathfinder:Does this take in to account the number of AOL subscribers on BYOA or on free AOL? That's a good question. I'm not sure what to say on the free AOL but I'd still say yes on the BYOA. A subscriber is a subscriber. Even if they have SBC for their DSL but they're still signing into AOL, they're still a "subscriber" of both. So both get the points.
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said by T1 Rocky:I'd like to see this broken down by technology because I don't believe these stats unless 80% of the country is still on dial up. If the consumer is a cable customer then its 100% the cable company as the ISP. Did you forget about Time Warner and Bright House selling wholesale to Earthlink and local ISPs in nearly all of their markets, and Comcast selling wholesale to Earthlink in Boston and Seattle?
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said by roamer1:said by T1 Rocky:I'd like to see this broken down by technology because I don't believe these stats unless 80% of the country is still on dial up. If the consumer is a cable customer then its 100% the cable company as the ISP. Did you forget about Time Warner and Bright House selling wholesale to Earthlink and local ISPs in nearly all of their markets, and Comcast selling wholesale to Earthlink in Boston and Seattle? -SC I was not aware of any cable companies wholesaling lines. I stand corrected. Instead of 100% of the cable companies, its what 98%? |
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