 Z80APremium
join:2009-11-23
 ·Cox HSI
1 edit | Too expensive - just marketing Unless it's $50-$60, these uber-speeds aren't going to see wide adoption. Price is king and people buy the cheap tier included with their double/triple play bundles. But these top tiers are typically $90-$150 and the vast majority of people aren't going to pay $100/mo just for HSI, especially in this economy. | |
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  baineschile2600 ways to livePremium
join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI | Re: Too expensive - just marketing Remember when a 386 processor with 8mb of ram was $1800 in 1995?
Yes, it will be expensive at first, but over time, it will go down in price, and up in service | |
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 |  aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
 ·Verizon FiOS
1 edit | Re: Too expensive - just marketing said by baineschile:Remember when a 386 processor with 8mb of ram was $1800 in 1995? Yes, it will be expensive at first, but over time, it will go down in price, and up in service or an 8088 4.75Mhz PC with 512KB was $2k in 1984.
For some reason I still have this thing sitting in my closet. | |
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| | baineschile2600 ways to livePremium
join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI Reviews:
·Comcast
 ·magicjack.com
| Re: Too expensive - just marketing said by aaronwt:said by baineschile:Remember when a 386 processor with 8mb of ram was $1800 in 1995? Yes, it will be expensive at first, but over time, it will go down in price, and up in service or an 8088 4.75Mhz PC with 512KB was $2k in 1984. For some reason I still have this thing sitting in my closet. Sorry, I am not that old  | |
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|  jmn1207Premium
join:2000-07-19
Ashburn, VA
1 edit | said by baineschile:Yes, it will be expensive at first, but over time, it will go down in price, and up in service Down in price? Has Comcast ever dropped the price of their Internet service? The pattern that I saw over 3 years with them was that they kept the prices static for Internet plans while increasing the speeds. Now this will only work as long as enough customers are also subscribing to TV plans, which is where Comcast has been increasing rates on a regular basis each year, just like all of the "competition".
Your options will be expensive, more expensive, and even more expensive. But this is not exclusively a Comcast thing, as all of the major providers are guilty of running this same scheme. | |
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| | iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Re: Too expensive - just marketing I was paying $65 for 8/2 a year ago. I am paying $60, including modem rental, for 12/2 now. SO yes, my price has dropped and service has gone up, albeit only slightly. | |
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join:2009-11-23 | Re: Too expensive - just marketing It depends on how you look at it. You could also consider that you went from $8.13/Mb to $5/Mb, a 40% drop. | |
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| Z80APremium
join:2009-11-23 | And until then, few if anyone will buy it and this is nothing more than marketing fluff. | |
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| | said by Z80A:Unless it's $50-$60, these uber-speeds aren't going to see wide adoption. Price is king and people buy the cheap tier included with their double/triple play bundles. But these top tiers are typically $90-$150 and the vast majority of people aren't going to pay $100/mo just for HSI, especially in this economy. These speeds aren't aimed at the vast majority. They are aimed at at home workers doing graphics design and needing to move huge files around to businesses; and small businesses running hotspots off of a cable connection; etc. And they are not going to offer these speeds at the same prices they are charging for 12/2 mbps. They will be offered to by those really needing those speeds. | |
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| Z80APremium
join:2009-11-23 | Re: Too expensive - just marketing It's aimed at competitors for marketing purposes. We don't know the upload speed so we don't know who could actually use the service. If it is only 10Mb up like the 50Mb tier, moving "huge" files back to the company is not going to be easy. | |
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