 RickPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT | I think they're all lying through their teeth when it comes to HSI speed, and where they see the demand in the future.
And, each ISP has their own reasons for doing so.
Let's take AT&T first...
Of COURSE they're saying that what is being offered is enough because..they don't have any more to give customers even if they wanted it. What do you expect them to say..Uverse sucks and is already old technology? Well, it does..and it is...as far as I'm concerned.
Verizon...
Well, if they REALLY don't think that speed is all that important..why the HE** are they spending 25 Billion bucks to be able to give it to their constituents? The simple answer is..they KNOW it's important and they're already rolling out the 30Mb + tiers.
Comcast..
Again..if speed REALLY isn't important in their minds and 6 to 8Mb is "enough" for consumers..why docsis 3.0? Why the demo's of 100Mb + tiers by CEO Roberts? Why the powerboost?
Why the slowsky commercials?
Why..why..WHY??
Because they KNOW it's important..and they KNOW they want to get Docsis 3.0 out next year..and they KNOW that the competitive landscape is going to be all about SPEED and nothing but the Speed..so help you..God.
You know..people try to rationalize this and the truth of the matter is..maybe it makes little sense to some.
But..so too did what happened with the computer industry and the never ending qwest for what? More SPEED.
Wasn't a pentium 850Mhz plenty enough for what many people do with computers? Of course. How many of those do you still see for sale though?
The industry latched on to the speed race..and here we are today..at core 2 and quad computing..for the average homeowner.
Do you REALLY think that the HSI speed race is just going to die right here?
Not on your life...and don't believe for a single minute that Comcast..Verizon..or AT&T..really believes that either.
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