 baineschile2600 ways to livePremium
join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI
 ·Comcast
 ·magicjack.com
| I think... This article is spot on. For the old bells to compete at this point, there are really only 2 viable options; full fiber network, which will hold the network up for the next 40 years, but is extremely expenise, or investing in the latest and greatest ways to move data wirelessly (optic-laser pulsing comes to mind). |
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 AMDUSERPremium
join:2003-05-28
Earth
kudos:1
·RoadRunner Cable
| This will prove interesting, considering Frontier bought Verizons WI operations. Also Charter did the free upgrade from 5 Meg to 8 Meg, while most of Verizons dsl customers can not get the 7.1 Meg DSL..
»Charter Offers Free Speed Upgrades
It would not surprise me if Frontier had a problem trying to to compete with Charters internet.
[Charter and Verizon are both in quite a few WI cities.. together.] |
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 NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny YoursPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
 ·Site5.com
·Comcast
·Callcentric
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said by baineschile:This article is spot on. For the old bells to compete at this point, there are really only 2 viable options; full fiber network, which will hold the network up for the next 40 years, but is extremely expenise, or investing in the latest and greatest ways to move data wirelessly (optic-laser pulsing comes to mind). The bells can still compete by offering things the cable networks have been implementing or testing.
No data caps
If the bells offer DSL speeds, but have no caps on the speeds, thats a good selling point. Sure, you only get 3mbps down and 768k up, but the good thing is that you can have that thing going full bore 24/7. It may be a better selling point than having a 12mbps/2mbps line with a 250gb cap.
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| said by Nightfall:said by baineschile:This article is spot on. For the old bells to compete at this point, there are really only 2 viable options; full fiber network, which will hold the network up for the next 40 years, but is extremely expenise, or investing in the latest and greatest ways to move data wirelessly (optic-laser pulsing comes to mind). The bells can still compete by offering things the cable networks have been implementing or testing. No data caps If the bells offer DSL speeds, but have no caps on the speeds, thats a good selling point. Sure, you only get 3mbps down and 768k up, but the good thing is that you can have that thing going full bore 24/7. It may be a better selling point than having a 12mbps/2mbps line with a 250gb cap. For me the cap is a deal breaker and why I stay on DSL. First Concast lied about any cap now they made it policy to have it at 250GB, they can easily start dropping that when they see fit. AT&T tried caps and they got their ass handed to them by the small subscriber base, I suspect they won't try for them anytime soon.
Not only that but Concast wants you to use their services yet it will count against my cap.. i.e- they have started selling a backup services tool, released XFinity and is looking at a music streaming service. So assuming I buy all these... and use them, you are then gonna tag me with a cap? I don't care if Concast offers 100M down and up, don't offer the speed if you are telling me I can't use it. |
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| said by NOCTech75:said by Nightfall:said by baineschile:This article is spot on. For the old bells to compete at this point, there are really only 2 viable options; full fiber network, which will hold the network up for the next 40 years, but is extremely expenise, or investing in the latest and greatest ways to move data wirelessly (optic-laser pulsing comes to mind). The bells can still compete by offering things the cable networks have been implementing or testing. No data caps If the bells offer DSL speeds, but have no caps on the speeds, thats a good selling point. Sure, you only get 3mbps down and 768k up, but the good thing is that you can have that thing going full bore 24/7. It may be a better selling point than having a 12mbps/2mbps line with a 250gb cap. For me the cap is a deal breaker and why I stay on DSL. First Concast lied about any cap now they made it policy to have it at 250GB, they can easily start dropping that when they see fit. AT&T tried caps and they got their ass handed to them by the small subscriber base, I suspect they won't try for them anytime soon. Not only that but Concast wants you to use their services yet it will count against my cap.. i.e- they have started selling a backup services tool, released XFinity and is looking at a music streaming service. So assuming I buy all these... and use them, you are then gonna tag me with a cap? I don't care if Concast offers 100M down and up, don't offer the speed if you are telling me I can't use it. If they didn't count it against their caps, could you imagine all the slamming they would get for favoring their own service but not others? Net Neutral. |
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| said by LeftOfSanity:If they didn't count it against their caps, could you imagine all the slamming they would get for favoring their own service but not others? Net Neutral. Then don't have the caps if you are going to sell products competing in the marketplace that is going to suck huge amounts of data. Double dipping as a business practice is not exactly ethical either and that is what Concast is looking to do. |
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cacoPremium
join:2005-03-10
Whittier, AK | They are not charging you for going over the 250 so not sure where you are getting this double dipping stuff. |
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cacoPremium
join:2005-03-10
Whittier, AK | reply to Nightfall
Your average family isn't using their connection full bore 24/7. |
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said by caco:They are not charging you for going over the 250 so not sure where you are getting this double dipping stuff. No, they just boot you off.  Which of course means you have either find another provider or go without, finding another provider can lead to increased costs.. maybe cheaper but doubtful. |
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rody_44Premium
join:2004-02-20
Quakertown, PA | They dont boot you off anymore. They throttle your connection. |
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