Dogfather
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Laguna Hills, CA | reply to nasadude
Re: first of many?
Americans shop price. Even when offered fat tiers people are rarely choosing them. They want $20 slow service, not $50 fast service. |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
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| said by Dogfather  :Americans shop price. Even when offered fat tiers people are rarely choosing them. They want $20 slow service, not $50 fast service. they could also want $20 fast service, but won't get it. Fast, of course, is a relative term meaning somewhat less in the U.S. as opposed to other developed countries.
apparently, for a lot of people, even the $20 for slow service is too much money (assuming their choice of one, maybe two providers offers a "slow" tier) - even dialup prices are increasing, which just blows my mind.
Let's face it: when it comes to speed and price of broadband, the U.S. is at best mediocre and won't get any better anytime soon. |
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Dogfather
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Laguna Hills, CA | Looking at Speedtest.net global rankings, we're in the middle of the pack. |
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nasadude
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Rockville, MD | well, that may satisfy you, but I prefer to be on the leading edge.
on the other hand, the incumbents are probably very satisfied with middle of the pack. |
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Dogfather
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Laguna Hills, CA
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1 edit | Then move to a fiber deployed town and get your 50Mb+ service. It's not like these other countries you tout have universal 100Mb service. Just like here, some high rises have the great cheap service we all dream about while in the sticks it's slower than snot.
Meanwhile, Americans by and large, don't give a shit about speed. They buy on price so even if 50Mb service were universally available, that doesn't mean people will buy it.
I had 50/20 with VZ and downgraded to 20/5. I'd downgrade to 3/.768 if it were cheap enough and avail. over fiber. |
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