me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | reply to sbrook
Re: They are FOLLOWING Rogers in the "New Competitive" Market If there was real competition I don't think they would have caps. Look at cablevision they had caps FiOS came along with no caps and what did CV do? The killed the cap AND got a 101m package also with no cap. |
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 sbrookPremium,Mod
join:2001-12-14
Ottawa
kudos:4
 ·TekSavvy Cable
·Rogers Hi-Speed
| If you look at the US market and the Canadian market, there's little difference. In any given geography, there's the telco offering DSL and the cable company offering DOCSIS.
FIOS is only available in select markets, and the goal of the telco is penetration, so they offer sweet deals until they've got the needed penetration, then they'll start laying on the caps and price rises, and you'll be back in the same quagmire again. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | Which, IMHO, is why we need new independent (small)ISPs to help with competition. |
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sbrookPremium,Mod
join:2001-12-14
Ottawa
kudos:4 Reviews:
·TekSavvy Cable
·Rogers Hi-Speed
| The problem is that the difference in size means that the small independent can be smooshed quite easily since they typically have to rely on the telco or cable operator for last mile service, which the telco or cable operator abuse. It makes competition very hard. |
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 N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
kudos:1 | reply to sbrook
Did somebody say Quagmire?
GIGGITYGIGITTY GIG-A-DY! |
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