openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | Interesting Data Points The overall take rate for broadband service is 37%. What are good take rate numbers for other ISPs?Eighty-nine percent of survey respondents indicated they face competition in the provision of advanced services from at least one other service provider in some portion of their service area. By comparison, only 66% of respondents to the 2003 survey indicated they faced competition and only 43% in the 1999 survey.
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The typical respondent competes with one national ISP, two WISPs and one cable company. Other competitors mentioned include electric utilities, local ISPs and neighboring cooperatives. Fifty-three percent of those respondents facing competition indicated that their competitors were serving only the cities and towns in their service areas, while 47% said that competitors were serving customers throughout their service area. So competition does appear to be increasing. Also, competition doesn't just happen in urban environments.Seventy-three percent of those respondents with a fiber deployment strategy plan to offer fiber to the node to more than 75% of their customers by year-end 2011, while 55% plan to offer fiber to the home to at least 50% of their customers over the same time frame, up from 26% last year. How many have a "fiber deployment strategy plan"? Eighty-two percent of respondents are already utilizing FTTN to extend DSL so it looks like they met their goal. Of course, only 31% of rural telcos responded, so those numbers may change once the remaining carriers are considered.Deployment cost remains the most significant barrier to wide deployment of fiber, followed by regulatory uncertainty, long loops, low customer demand, and obtaining cost-effective equipment. Throughout the history of the survey, deployment cost has been respondents’ most significant concern.
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Population density in most member service areas is in the 1 to 5 customers per square mile range. Cost of deployment and sparsity of customers are the main deterrents to fiber deployment...but then we've hashed that topic to death around here. |
patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by openbox9:Eighty-nine percent of survey respondents indicated they face competition in the provision of advanced services from at least one other service provider in some portion of their service area. By comparison, only 66% of respondents to the 2003 survey indicated they faced competition and only 43% in the 1999 survey.
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The typical respondent competes with one national ISP, two WISPs and one cable company. Other competitors mentioned include electric utilities, local ISPs and neighboring cooperatives. Fifty-three percent of those respondents facing competition indicated that their competitors were serving only the cities and towns in their service areas, while 47% said that competitors were serving customers throughout their service area. So competition does appear to be increasing. Also, competition doesn't just happen in urban environments. Is cellular a WISP? Remember most rural areas have atleast 2 providers. The 2 800 mhz carriers (always 2 of them) were required to cover 2/3rd of square miles of each license area with coverage. The 1900 MHZ carriers were required to cover 2/3rd of the population of each license area.
Is Wildblue a WISP? What about Immarsat? What about disaster continuity wireless TDM T1 replacement WISPs that charge $3000/mo for a standby T1?
Whats a national ISP? Comcast or TWC, and Baby Bells? If so, looks like 90% of the counties in the USA has a national ISP.
Are they using 1 broadband customer from an ISP per zip code to declare that an ISP available to everyone in the zip code FCC style? |
