Lyserjic
join:2002-07-02
Deer Park, TX
| Maybe they are on to something
Perhaps Qwest should take up the position of simply providing a quality "dumb pipe" by improving their network, doing fiber rollouts and offering competitive high speed data packages.
If they really want to compete in service areas where they have cable competition, uncapped high speed internet is where the future will be. With more and more online TV and movie media options out there (Amazon, Netflix, etc) the cable co's are going to be enforcing data caps like never before.
A company that can offer uncapped high speed internet access will represent a major threat to the cable co's. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | I would rather have fiber telco TV. Satellite has limited bandwidth. |
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travelguy
join:1999-09-03
Santa Fe, NM
| reply to Lyserjic
said by Lyserjic  :Perhaps Qwest should take up the position of simply providing a quality "dumb pipe" by improving their network, doing fiber rollouts and offering competitive high speed data packages. As long as the financial weenies and wall street analysts see that as a low margin business, it's not going to happen. Look at the so called "content" players - i.e. cable companies: year over year price increases, crying crocodile tears about the evil sports & entertainment companies taking advantage of them, all the while laughing to the bank.
Compare that with the dumb pipe providers who have one discriminator: speed, who have to invest each year in bumping up that speed to offset some of the pressure to reduce prices on that dumb pipe. |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
 ·Qwest.net
| I Know Where Qwest got their Business Model
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