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Provoice just DO it
join:2003-07-29
Mulberry, FL
| Re: 52.6% of US households have broadband said by jester121  :
ROTFL... yeah, I can imagine a bunch of startups that are eager to get into the broadband business under your plan. For the existing companies, the best business decision would be to burn the COs to the ground and leave the rubble behind.
I am not really after new startups....I am looking to force the upgrades a forward thinking company would have done, if thier pure greed desire had not taken over. No, I have no problem with corporations make a profit, but their is still a way to make a profit and be a good corporate citizen. This has been lost on a huge number of business persons.
The ILEC's pretty much have a network in place to the areas that need it. They CHOSE to NOT PROGRESSIVELY UPGRADE as technology became available to offer DSL to 100% of their coverage areas. They were too concerned with stock dividends at the expense of the consumer. Now the ILEC's have to play a HUGE catch up game to even get in the game. VZ has chosen to "go deep" and deploy FTTP. Good move, but their past is very checkered ie: Bell of PA Fiber shenangins in PA for a start, that cost $$$ billons and no one got a thing out of it, except of course stock slease boys.
While FTTP is the future, an incremental step of upgrading the existing ILEC network to offer DSL to 100% of passed homes would be a good start. Then you can upgrade to FTTP.
ROI? Sure there is. No, its not going to be instant, but when your the only game in town to get broadband then you will get 100% of the customers. I pass plenty of homes every day, no broadband, because the ILEC chose not to upgrade their network, just patch it with the same ancient tech. These same homes could be paying $$$ monthly to you for a minimal investment. Thats money being left on the table.
said by jester121 :
The world needs more zealots like you -- it's an endless source of entertainment for the rest of us.
If am a zealot, so be it. I know some zealots from 1776 too. I am in good company.
So heres the deal, I challenge YOU to GIVE UP broadband and go back to V.90/92 dial up with the variances from 24 to 53K if your really lucky.
Then spout off how good a situation we are in with broadband deployment in this country. I bet your going to find the experience unbearable. Take a look at some of the sites you visit on a regular basis, how many are designed for V.90/92 users any more? Not many, unless its purely text driven, which is not many any more.
Even on 1x cell in an emergency to get even a simple driver is quite the hassle, and unbearable.
said by jester121 :
Speaking of which, is Ralph Nader running in 08?
Don't know, don't care. This is a broadband site.
When corporations fail to act in the publics interest its time for them to be dragged kicking and screaming to do the right thing.
Internet is a UTILITY in 2007, PERIOD. Accept it or accept that YOUR PART of the PROBLEM, and GET OUT OF THE WAY!
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