brianiscool
join:2000-08-16
Miami, FL | hey
Leave Comcast alone let them expand. At least they are doing better than AT&T. They are still in the dark ages with ADSL. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| I'd agree on the first part:
Let them expand, as long as there is competition.
Since VZ is deploying FiOS TV, and AT&T is deploying U-Verse VDSL TV (and DirecTV), there is competition.
I do suspect that many of the 'small' players will be gobbled up, similar to what is happening with wireless. |
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NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| reply to brianiscool
said by brianiscool  :They are still in the dark ages with ADSL. ADSL, itself, isn't "Dark Ages" technology. The manner of deployment by AT&T is another matter. ADSL2+ can provide competitive speed with DOCSIS 3.0, when properly deployed. Whether at a competitive cost, I couldn't say.
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Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
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cdru
Go Colts
Premium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
| reply to en102
said by en102 :Since VZ is deploying FiOS TV, and AT&T is deploying U-Verse VDSL TV (and DirecTV), there is competition. The relative footprint of areas served by FiOS or U-Verse is pretty minuscule as compared to those serviced by cable TV. While they are competition in some areas, in most cable is still a land-based monopoly still and has no competition other then satellite. AT&T "deploying" DirecTV should have no bearing on the matter as anyone who could get AT&T'-billed DirectTV could already get it from DirecTV directly. |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey | reply to brianiscool
I think they should able to expand to the size of Verizon, or ATT. Then we could have true competition... |
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NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| said by DaveNJ :I think they should able to expand to the size of Verizon, or ATT. Then we could have true competition... Unsure what that means. Comcast has roughly the same, or slightly more Internet customers than AT&T, which is, itself, about twice as large as Verizon WRT Internet. Comcast is already way larger than either AT&T, or Verizon, for TV subscribers (Uverse and FiOS).
So Comcast is hardly "smaller" than either right now.
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Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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major marco
Res Firma Mitescere Nescit
Premium
join:2003-02-13
Stepford, CA
clubs:
| reply to DaveNJ
said by DaveNJ :I think they should able to expand to the size of Verizon, or ATT. Then we could have true competition... That would be called a duopoly. |
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