Fubar
join:2001-02-20
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to Matt
Re: Cable fan boys....
These 15/15 or 20/20 tiers are going to be attractive to 5-10% of the users only....
Everyone else, the casual family using the internet, moms and pops looking at grandkids pictures aren't going to care...
Plus it will get all the "heavy" users off of cable so that it is more enjoyable for the rest of us.... |
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backness
join:2005-07-08
K2P OW2 | ...and a computer only needs 640k memory |
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Ebolla
join:2005-09-28
Dracut, MA | he said attractive to a small % of people. he didnt say that a higher speed is not needed or unusable. |
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ashworth
join:2001-10-06
Pittsburgh, PA
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to Fubar
The strategic point is that VZ can do it, and cable can not within the foreseeable future. This is a marketing ploy to cater to the 5-6% of actual users that will upgrade to the service, hopefully to improve that number to say 15-20%. This symmetrical service is designed to differentiate itself from cable or anything else for that matter....I think it does that. |
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maximvs64
join:2007-11-13
Davidsonville, MD
| reply to Fubar
To further your point, most people would be content with 1.5/768. People hear the speeds and want it whether or not they actually need it. Bragging rights at the water cooler kind of thing. Comcast advertisements compare speeds with DSL all the time in my area. Most of my neighbors have switched over to FiOS since it became available recently and maybe 10% of them at best use anywhere that bandwidth. |
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