 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | reply to MrMaster
Re: No Headline Here - This Was Part of the Last COO Statement said by MrMaster:said by Dampier:Actually, this is a patently transparent attempt to divide and conquer the united opposition to these usage caps. And it's not breaking news. Good ole Lauren told us this last week: Trials will begin in Rochester, N.Y., and Greensboro, N.C., in August. We will apply what we learn from these two markets when we launch trials in San Antonio and Austin, Texas, in October, but we will guarantee at least the same level of usage capacity in these trials. Of all the places to pick why would you pick Austin? Geek Central, they have competition from U-Verse and Grande,and everyone is opinionated. We probably suck down much more bandwidth than most cities our size. I just don't get it. Greensboro has a relatively high percentage of educated people, although not anywhere near as many who are "computer" technical (so to speak) as Austin. I (personally) think they are using the Greensboro and Rochester test markets to see how a mix of people, including technical people, will react. They'll use what they learn here and then see if they can apply what they've learned to the various other markets.
Remember, we sit smack dab in the middle of NC State, Duke, UNC, and Wake Forest universities. Greensboro itself is also a pretty big college town, hosting UNC Greensboro, Guilford College, Greensboro College, as well as NC AT&T State University. It's a great test market for gathering data on a wide swath of ethnicities, age groups, and educational levels. We also have incomes that run the gamut ... we have $5+ million dollar homes down the road, but some areas of Greensboro are very, very poor ... along with everything in between. |
