http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Maybe-they-are-on-to-something-21740194 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:20:23 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:20:23 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/I-Know-Where-Qwest-got-their-Business-Model-21740548 ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/I-Know-Where-Qwest-got-their-Business-Model-21740548 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:19:41 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Maybe-they-are-on-to-something-21740433 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Maybe-they-are-on-to-something-21740433 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:59:51 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Maybe-they-are-on-to-something-21740349 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Maybe-they-are-on-to-something-21740349 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:45:37 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Maybe-they-are-on-to-something-21740194
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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Maybe-they-are-on-to-something-21740194 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:24:53 EDT