Re: One serious question in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18982971 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:15:21 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:15:21 EDT Re: One serious question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18996333 batterup :
said by Skippy25 See Profile :

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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18996333 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 09:08:29 EDT Re: One serious question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18988142 swintec : 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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BlockNews.Net- Quality Usenet Block And Unlimited Accounts]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18988142 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:52:20 EDT Re: One serious question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18986243 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18986243 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:15:17 EDT Re: One serious question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18982971 swintec :
said by plat2on1 See Profile :

said by swintec See Profile :

said by Mike See Profile :

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? :o
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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said by swintec See Profile :

said by Mike See Profile :

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? :o]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18982942 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:33:40 EDT Re: One serious question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18982539 swintec :
said by Mike See Profile :

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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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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