said by maartena:said by caco:If you have a weapon( 100Mbps FiOS)that you only have to fire once then you fire it and get the speed marketing war over before it even begins.
Problem is that you can market 100 Mbps all you want, but it isn't going to get you anywhere if FIOS only has a very limited area of where it is actually available.
The are advertising FIOS here on local TV, and the Los Angeles area is about 60% Verizon, 40% AT&T.... besides the fact that at least 40% will never see FIOS, only about a quarter of the remaining 60% is FIOS ready, and they are mostly suburbia-areas right outside of Los Angeles.
FIOS is nice as a product from a technical point of view, but Verizon promising to wire up all of New York before 2012 and Philidelphia before 2011 does give you some insight in how long it will take to wire up a city.
In contrast, DOCSIS 3.0 deployment (which can also deliver 100 Mbps) can be done on existing cables, and just needs equipment on the head-ends replaced, and anyone wishing a subscription with DOCSIS 3.0 speed, need to replace their modem.
The deployment of a 100 Mbps speed, is probably going to be easier for cable companies. And less costly.
You're kinda missing the point here. So what if FiOS isn't available everywhere yet? This move will push cable providers to migrate to DOCSIS 3.0. For example, it really doesn't matter that FiOS isn't currently available in all of NYC yet - their roll-out in that market has lit a fire under the butts of companies like CV - all of a sudden DOCSIS 3.0 in that market has become essential, which will help everyone within their footprint as well, whether FiOS is there yet or not.
