NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:4 Reviews:
 ·SONIC.NET
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| reply to firephoto
Re: Gee, what a surprise said by firephoto:The land of the free becomes land of the good enough. I just checked the Verizon FiOS site:
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Blazing speeds start at $42.99/month with choice of our annual package. That price stays the same for one full year and the installation's FREE! More speed. Less money. No contest.
If I wanted to pay $42.95 a month for "blazing" speeds, I wouldn't have to wait for FiOS (won't get here any time soon anyway; we are not served by Verizon). I can get Comcast cable Internet for that price, right now.
In a nation where a large percentage of the population would rather pay $20 a month for Internet at any speed over 768kbps than any price for 100mbps Internet, there is no incentive to build FTTH.
Now, when Verizon starts selling FiOS at $20 (or even $30) per month for their lowest speed tier, then you will probably see demand grow to match the technology.
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Norman
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