 NormanS Premium,MVM join:2001-02-14 San Jose, CA
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| reply to jchambers28 Re: comatetion
said by jchambers28 :Does not surprise me at all. The way that dsl has its distance limitations and lack of avalabilaty cable will out every time when there is no dsl. DSL could have been a contender, if the telcos had been more aggressive in at least deploying FTTN, if not FTTP. FTTN can overcome the distance restriction of DSL, but is expensive to deploy. Unlike the telcos, which did not start with an extensive FTTN plant, the cable operators had FTTN already in place.
The sad part of it is that some cable operators are afraid to take on the "low end" customer market. Comcast only offers one sub $40 tier, and it is slower than most DSL loops. -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |