 wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | I dont necessarily agree quote:
Light Reading editor Phil Harvey e-mails me to note they've taken photographs of the only town in the U.S. where you can see AT&T and Verizon FTTH gear on the same block. AT&T forgoes VDSL/FTTN for some developments, where they run fiber to the home -- but they cap the bandwidth delivered back to the same speed of regular VDSL U-Verse (up to 18Mbps). That would seemingly give Verizon, whose top speed is 50Mbps, the advantage in any head to head battle.
That all depends on who you are asking. Sure, for some people who read this website it would appear that Verizon has the "advantage", but thats just not the case in reality. It has been reported time and time again that many customers are downgrading their service to lower speed tiers to save money. This will all come down to simply economics, "speed" will have nothing to do with who gets more business. If ATT offers are better priced option (especially in this economy) they they will get more subs. If Verizon offers the better package then they will get the subs. There will of course be a (very) few people who will pay more money just to get Verizon fiber, but to millions of Americans it all comes down to dollars and cents.
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 cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
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| said by wifi4milez:It has been reported time and time again that many customers are downgrading their service to lower speed tiers to save money. This will all come down to simply economics, "speed" will have nothing to do with who gets more business. Recently, with bundled pricing FiOS TV became cheaper by upgrading to faster service. Check out this thread for numerous instances.
I agree that it does come down to dollars and cents, but downgrading isn't always the only way to get cheaper service. Sometimes it just takes getting further into bed with a company to save more. |
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wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | said by cdru:said by wifi4milez:It has been reported time and time again that many customers are downgrading their service to lower speed tiers to save money. This will all come down to simply economics, "speed" will have nothing to do with who gets more business. Recently, with bundled pricing FiOS TV became cheaper by upgrading to faster service. Check out this thread for numerous instances. I agree that it does come down to dollars and cents, but downgrading isn't always the only way to get cheaper service. Sometimes it just takes getting further into bed with a company to save more. My point was more that people are looking to save money as opposed to going with the carrier with the highest speeds. For this reason the typical arguments read in these forums (copper is dead, FTTH is the only way to go, etc.) hold no real water when it comes down to it.
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 en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Yup - its just like business 101.
How many corps have off shored for bottom line... MANY
How many people shop at stores like Wal Mart vs. more expensive stores
How many will look for a good deal...especially when the economy is bad.
Hell... I don't need a bad economy to keep me from spending more than I have to... especially with no 'real' advantage to me. |
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