iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
 ·Comcast
| Go VZ! While I don't like their wireles network that much ('spensive!) FiOS rocks. If FiOS came into this area (replacing DSLAMs with fiber panels anyone?) and Verizon deemed this a competitive enough market to launch 50/20 for $90, guess what? My internet ARPU would go up by nearly 50%!
Fiber pays. Qwest can't sell more than a $65-a-month home product over copper, and their technology, though just rolled out, is pushed pretty much to the limit. The only upgrade possible would be to actually PROVIDE the speed they're advertising, aver overhead!
Customers aren't dumb. Fiber investments can be recouped quickly when you're running triple play over the system. Especially when, due to the quality of all triple play components, a user is spending $30 per month more than a competitor on extra packages etc. I hear FiOS TV quality is fantastic.
Bottom line: if you're looking for a stock price hike in short order, riding off of old technology, you should probably be shot, drawn, quartered and dragged behind a '57 Chevy. You're one of the people who are holding the U.S. of A. back to seventeenth (?) place in the world as far as 'net access goes.
Heck, rural operators are using fiber now whenever possible. Guess what? They're in the biz to make money as well. Winstream has 24/1.5 fiber, CenturyTel has 15/768, Embarq has 10/896. Not FiOS to be sure but you can't offer WS's package over copper. Guess what? It'll net them customers. That's a good thing, tired old qwest. What's not so good? Everyone nott recomending you because they can only get 3 Mbps speeds where they are...for $46 a month! |
