me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO
 ·VOIPo
| reply to fredwilson12
Re: It is a Speed upgrade + Price drop
Cool. but wait.... The are a FTTH ISP with a cap but only for heavy users(are the business packages caped?) they offer symmetric speeds, and are LOWERING the price while upping the speeds to boot!??! Wow... And other ISPs can't to this because why? And they even upping your speeds for you! Wow...... |
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PapaMidnight
join:2009-01-13
Baltimore, MD
| said by me1212  :And other ISPs can't to this because why? And give up profits to help consumers? Why the very thought... |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | I know it is juts crazy......... |
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bigRoN
Premium
join:2004-05-02
Roseville, CA
| reply to me1212
And other ISPs can't to this because why? One of the big reasons is the technology behind the SureWest network. Not all fiber networks operate in the same way. Most fiber networks out there, like Verizon, use a passive optical network. While Verizon uses gigabit speed on their network, it is very inefficient. SureWest, on the other hand, uses active Ethernet, providing a dedicated 100 Mbps bidirectional connection to each house in a switched network. While the overall speed is slower, it is much more efficient. Despite them not mentioning doing so, I believe they have changed their video signals from MPEG2 to MPEG4, adding to bandwidth efficiency. So other ISPs can't do this because they don't have the infrastructure behind their network to allow for such efficiency. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | Oh cool. |
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