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| my neighbor all wanted fiber replacing att or comcast internet...
good move?
cheaper telephone, tv and internet service for as low as 85.00 for 1mbps, 70 channels, and basic phone service.
upgrade to 5mbps is 95.00
not to mention most of us have 2 months free as a promotion to start using their service.
the only loser in our town are comcast and att lmao! 
many of us who switched will not be going back unless of course someone is crazy enough to want to pay more and lower level of service. |
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| "cheaper telephone, tv and internet service for as low as 85.00 for 1mbps, 70 channels, and basic phone service.
upgrade to 5mbps is 95.00"
That's really not that great of a deal. I think comcast throws out a 16Mb Basic Cable and one or two VoIP lines for $99 in an introductory offer here.
What happens when AT&T and Comcast come back with a price that undercuts your Muni price? Will you really be that loyal? Most people will not and will go back to the cheapest price. AT&T and Comcast have the resources and deep pockets to sustain a long price war that can wear down a muni project. |
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| said by battleop:"cheaper telephone, tv and internet service for as low as 85.00 for 1mbps, 70 channels, and basic phone service. upgrade to 5mbps is 95.00" That's really not that great of a deal. I think comcast throws out a 16Mb Basic Cable and one or two VoIP lines for $99 in an introductory offer here. What happens when AT&T and Comcast come back with a price that undercuts your Muni price? Will you really be that loyal? Most people will not and will go back to the cheapest price. AT&T and Comcast have the resources and deep pockets to sustain a long price war that can wear down a muni project. It's called competition. I'm all for muni networks (if you can't get someone to build it for you then build it yourself) but they should be able to compete like anyone else.
Personally, as long as it's a good service with no BS (caps, throttling, etc...) I'd probably leave the telco/cableco permanently. |
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Personally, as long as it's a good service with no BS (caps, throttling, etc...) I'd probably leave the telco/cableco permanently.
Personally, I'd rather see municipalities own the infrastructure, and allow other services to connect to that infrastructure to provide services to residents.
I don't look forward to a city being an ISP and competing with other ISPs. I'd rather see the city own the infratructure in a way that a plethora of ISPs can compete without having to own their own (mostly superfluous) infrastructure.
I don't see a lot of people talking about that middle-ground. Maybe it's not technically possible?
Mark |
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