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join:2005-02-15
San Luis Obispo, CA Reviews:
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| Tears for tiers I share 'voipdabbler's concerns. The 'dslreports' readership is a minority within a minority. As such, I'd guess that most are interested in what's going on behind the scenes, and have come to rely upon the Internet for a breadth of information.
This, as opposed to a large number of working families who already live budgeted pay-check to pay-check, using TV for escape, and maybe, using a computer for games and email. The Internet access will be the first entertainment to go for many.
If the rates don't fall with customer ability to pay, a more stratified audience will drop away. Perhaps with a tier for the struggling, with access to an "Emergency Broadcast Channel", Fox-News, and all the shopping channels. |
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 tschmidtPremium,MVM
join:2000-11-12
Milford, NH
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| That is an interesting take on the issue.
Be interesting research project to determine customer priority: TV vs Internet. I'm not sure sure Broadband Reports members are that atypical. People have long shown a strong preference for connectivity vs content. That's why we pay for broadband and content, for the most part, is advertiser supported.
I'm a big fan of Andrew Odlyzko. Was at AT&T labs now at University of Minnesota. He wrote an interesting paper in 2001 titled "Content is not King." Thought provoking then and still holds true today.
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MTUPremium
join:2005-02-15
San Luis Obispo, CA | The "Content is not King" paper was interesting, and brought back some 'old' terminology I'd forgotten.
We'll have to see what transpires over the next two years. A lot will have to with disposable income in the hands of the 18-30 crowd. |
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