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Re: Non sequitur Comcast has been talking about 100mb speeds since back in 1997. And, that conversation was held in Sacramento CA which is no where near Verizon territory. I'm sure that cable speeds have been pushed solely and purely on Verizon's FiOS product.
I think the so-called professional analysts and the not-so professional analysts want people to think that we'd not see new technology ever to come unless there was competition. I can't say that I'd agree that services would not have improved. Cable, alone, went from a simple antenna feed run through the hills picking up locals for the neighbors to a small amplified system, to microwaved, to fiber links to nodes all with out real competition. It was done to improve service and also add more capacity. Does this give more selling options? Sure.. that alone would drive the improvements. However, keeping the prices down? ... that's another story..
.. the moral to the story is that (and as I've been saying here for years) competition doesn't necessarily keep the prices down.. regulation GENERALLY does more-so. If you don't believe me, look at gas stations on opposing corners. One simply waits to raise the price when the others do. Airlines are also guilty of this as well. As soon as one raises their fare, the others generally follow.
This who article is nothing but someone's speculation and not fact... but in the end, the author has to write an article to get paid. |
