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| One serious question
Back when I was on 768k/128k Verizon DSL, OOL had 10mb/1mb service a long time ago.
8 years have passed I can get 3mb/768k DSL and has a that 30/5 tier.
Comcast (now in my area after 10 years!) cable modem sucks in my area. I think this is because everyone and their mother, again literally, are running from Verizon's poor and expensive service.
How can Cablevision with as small of a footprint as they have be able to throw all this bandwidth out and not go completely bankrupt? Is it a management style? Low overhead?
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| said by Mike  : How can Cablevision with as small of a footprint as they have be able to throw all this bandwidth out Actually, I think this is how they DO offer these speeds.
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| said by swintec :said by Mike : How can Cablevision with as small of a footprint as they have be able to throw all this bandwidth out Actually, I think this is how they DO offer these speeds. so we should break up all the big providers then?  |
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| said by plat2on1 :said by swintec :said by Mike : How can Cablevision with as small of a footprint as they have be able to throw all this bandwidth out Actually, I think this is how they DO offer these speeds. so we should break up all the big providers then? Well no not at all. OOL simply has a strategically placed network covering a small FOOTPRINT, compared to other providers. Its the same way Japan can offer such high speeds, it is a very small area to wire and maintain.
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Skippy25
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Hazelwood, MO | Its a matter of want. Whether the foot print is 10 square miles or 10,000 square miles if they wanted to (had true competition) they would do it. Cost of bandwidth to them is not nearly the monster they make it out to be. |
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| Its not the cost of bandwidth, its the cost of infrastruture to deliver that bandwidth. If you look at how much fiber OOL has vs the other cable companies, its a huuuge difference. The reaosn OOL has so much more is because of there small(er) footprint.
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said by Skippy25 :Its a matter of want. Whether the foot print is 10 square miles or 10,000 square miles if they wanted to (had true competition) they would do it. Cost of bandwidth to them is not nearly the monster they make it out to be. Cablevision has a node every 10th pole in FIOS areas. This is very recent. Awhile ago a node was hard to find. This has to be costing Cablevision a few bucks. A CATV node needs power and battery backup to convert from glass to copper. An outage of a few hours will drain the batteries and there is no generator backup. Verizon's nodes are passive, no power required. |
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