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Re: "Because we can't even agree there's a problem" I don't buy this idea that "Metro" = served though. There are portions of Brooklyn that can't get DSL, and many third tier cities that have only the choice of a half-assed cable provider drowning in debt, etc....or a well off cable provider that can sodomize users because their only competitive pressure is a local telco offering late 90's interleaved technology or what have you...
It's a mistake to assume that metro=broadband competitive utopia, because that's just not accurate. And obviously, rural competition is worse.
And as broadband becomes increasingly used for social services via website, I think the issue of broad penetration does require more serious thought than investors and other financially motivated individuals are willing to give from their rather myopic, self-serving positions... |
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 marigoldsGainfully employed, finallyPremium,MVM
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kudos:1 | said by Karl Bode:I don't buy this idea that "Metro" = served though. My point wasn't that metro=served.
My point was that metro=not in the middle of nowhere. In other words, that the number of rural whistlestops and isolated farmhouses that need to be served is shrinking and that those isolated farmhouses are growing closer and closer to cities.
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| Oh I know, I was just kind of opining in response to the general commentary of all the thread responses that suggests that if we're talking about populated areas, we're talking about real competition.... |
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kudos:1 | said by Karl Bode:Oh I know, I was just kind of opining in response to the general commentary of all the thread responses that suggests that if we're talking about populated areas, we're talking about real competition.... Oh well, I would definitely agree with that 
Especially the suggestion that satellite always provides competition. There are simply too many small business functions in particularly that satellite cannot adequately handle.
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Especially the suggestion that satellite always provides competition.
The only people suggesting that are those who haven't used it for any extended period of time, or whom are financially or politically motivated to portray the market as more competitive than it actually is. |
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