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nasadude

join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
·Comcast

Re: I'm shocked, just shocked I say

said by openbox9 See Profile :

said by nasadude See Profile :

how many choices of broadband provider do you have?
I live in southern Alabama the Florida Panhandle between Pensacola and Fort Walton Beach...definitely not a metropolis. For consumer broadband, I have cable, DSL, cellular (Verizon, Sprint, AT&T), WISP, and satellite.
satellite and cellular are not substitutes for DSL and cable; WISP may be, depending on speeds and reliability.

I am in a monopoly area, you are basically in a duopoly area. At least you have one more choice than I do.

The FCC and the ILECs love for people to equate cellular broadband, BPL, satellite, etc. for direct competition with wireline broadband. They aren't; direct competition would be another wireline (or 700Mhz) competitor.
permalink · 2007-10-12 20:00:46 · Print · Reply to this
openbox9

join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
·AT&T Southeast

Re: I'm shocked, just shocked I say

said by nasadude See Profile :

satellite and cellular are not substitutes for DSL and cable
For a vast majority of consumers, they are substitutes. The biggest issue with satellite and cellular right now are cost...but then again you can say the same thing about DSL's dial tone requirement and cable's expensiveness.
said by nasadude See Profile :

I am in a monopoly area, you are basically in a duopoly area. At least you have one more choice than I do.
I am not in a duopoly.
said by nasadude See Profile :

direct competition would be another wireline (or 700Mhz) competitor.
Don't limit your options. Competition exists, and is growing. BTW, your 700 MHz isn't the panacea that everyone seems to think that it's going to be.
permalink · 2007-10-12 20:23:54 · Print · Reply to this
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