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| what incumbents don't want you to see.. That Verizon's been a holdin' out on the good stuff... they should have done 50/50megabit by now for under $60 per month. While Comcast, Cox and Time Warner have visions of selling broadband next to your corner gas station with a metered billing plan even though they're deploying docsis 3.0 speeds, they want you to pay through the nose for it. Hopefully, with the souring economy, the cable companies will mend their ways, and telcos will begin sticking it to the cable companies for all that Voip marketshare they lost.
For the time being, I'm with cable(thankfully, not the crappy ones listed above).. but that's not to say that Verizon couldn't send 20/5 & unlimited Voip with deluxe calling features my way for $59.95 per month.
Unfortunately, there is much apathy in the marketplace.. and AT&T isn't really doing enough to lure capped & captive customers of the cable companies yet. So, ramp up the speed and deployments and lower the prices. There's no way many residential customers are going to pay over $65 for 50 megabit speeds even if it comes with a slice of apple pie, whipped cream and a cherry on top. BTW, if the market place fails to work, you're welcome to duplicate Lafayette's municpal build. The prices seem about right. | |
| LA state law I think i read it someplace before but don't remember where. But isn't it a state law here In LA that if a telacommunications provider offers a price in one area they must offer than in all parts of the state they serve in the state. so for example if cox doesn't pull out of that town and lowers prices to compete, they would have to offer those deals to everyone they serve in the state. | |
 DaarkenRara AvisesPremium
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·Cox HSI
| Yes it is state law, in fact last year Cox got busted running a low low special in the east baton rouge area against a local telco. However the local telco played hardball and put several full page ads in the major newspapers that ran in the cities that Cox served.
Talk about Cox getting red faced over that ordeal. LOL
Personally as a cox user, I am glad to see them get this competition. I am so tired of seeing prices go up, and nothing to show for it. I am tired of paying for crap channels that I do not watch. I am tired of having lackluster internet speeds that "can reach" a certain speed. I am tired of having my bandwidth capped because I want to download anything that might be considered illegal because it is a torrent.
One thing I would also like to post is that Lafayette got delayed for several years because of utter lies and bs that was put out to the public by Cox and Bellsouth/AT&T.
I would also like to point out that Lafayette owns it own utility company and provides the city with all its electricity. Not only is the service a stable utility, but when there is an issue, it gets fixed. I should also point out that it is also the CHEAPEST electrical service in the state.
Damn I miss living there, but I do enjoy living close by and going there all the time.
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