Re: entry level, kaching!

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tmc8080

join:2004-04-24
Brooklyn, NY

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reply to dvd536

said by dvd536:

said by tmc8080:

Sure, at $70 a pop for entry level stand-alone.. why wouldn't it be? FTTP is an expensive service, although they've boosted the download and upload from 15/2 to 25/15, you get hosed for a few more dollars. Now let's do the math people:

10 megabits at $20 price difference.. that's $2 a megabit download

13 megabits at $20 price difference (upload).. that's $1.54 per megabit more

** price not including any discounts, bundling, or other (i'm leaving the cable company) broadband rebates.

Well i don't see anyone other than cablevision[avail only in 3 states] offering 15mb upload so for 95% of the people the price point is moot.

Apparently, the price & speeds offered may depend upon your ZIP CODE and any old grandfathered previous plans/prices you may continue to have... The above typically applies to NY metro. Since your local duopoly competitors outside this region don't care to offer better priced service/deployments, Verizon will only oblige the competition as much as it has to, and not more. This is a common refrain in the state of brodband competition, as mentioned in quite a number of threads.

One would in times past argue that since there isn't the same amount of fiber distributed throughout the country as there is in the notheast, that the cost of getting customers to the broadband backbone costs somewhat more was true, but every major city in the USA (served by AT&T or Verizon uverse or fios) should have adequate bandwidth to offer 50/50 to every customer who wants & can afford it... whether that speed is offered by the local telco or cableco is another story.

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