Topic 'Re: Some people really are downgrading due to the economy.' in forum '' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Some-people-really-are-downgrading-due-to-the-economy-23669246 en Sat, 18 May 2013 21:46:10 EDT Sat, 18 May 2013 21:46:10 EDT Re: Some people really are downgrading due to the economy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Some-people-really-are-downgrading-due-to-the-economy-23671239 said by SuperWISP:

I'm an ISP, and I'm getting the calls: "Can we just downgrade to the "economy" plan? It's fast enough for us."
Really? That would explain why DSL providers are still hemorrhaging customers to cable, and why they`re bothering to upgrade to FTTN or FTTH, how?

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It's also worth noting that while ISPs are increasing capacity, demand for bandwidth is outstripping the amount that ISPs can afford to invest in infrastructure because consumers refuse to pay more to get more. We have lots of users who expect us to make things faster as the bandwidth demands of applications increase, but do not want to pay any more for the higher speeds. This even though our cost per Mbps has gone up a bit, not down, during the past year.

I`m having trouble understanding your claims.

Do you have any actual data to prove that the cost of increasing capacity of networks is outripping the amount that ISPS have to invest? And aren`t consumers willing to pay more for higher speed tiers?

People are willing to pay more for higher-speed tiers. That`s the way every ISP system works.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Some-people-really-are-downgrading-due-to-the-economy-23671239 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:48:28 EDT Some people really are downgrading due to the economy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Some-people-really-are-downgrading-due-to-the-economy-23669246
It's also worth noting that while ISPs are increasing capacity, demand for bandwidth is outstripping the amount that ISPs can afford to invest in infrastructure because consumers refuse to pay more to get more. We have lots of users who expect us to make things faster as the bandwidth demands of applications increase, but do not want to pay any more for the higher speeds. This even though our cost per Mbps has gone up a bit, not down, during the past year.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Some-people-really-are-downgrading-due-to-the-economy-23669246 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:39:53 EDT