 funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | reply to Z80A
Re: Just shows the tiers people are buying said by Z80A:FiOS users for example have 50Mb service available to them, but most are plenty happy with the lower tiers. The questions people should be asking are
why?
when is it likely to change?
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 Z80APremium
join:2009-11-23
 ·Cox HSI
1 edit | Because they can do with 15Mb what they could do with 50Mb. It certainly didn't a big deal over price as many of these tier bumps isn't a lot. For example VZ's 15/5 to 25/25 bump is $15. Same with my provider Cox, speed bump is about $15 for double the speed but most people don't bother. Most people don't give a crap so long as it is reliable.
It will change when there is a "killer app" that requires 15Mb+ speeds to work well.
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funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | Exactly right.
said by Z80A:It will change when there is a "killer app" that requires 15Mb+ speeds to work well. And that won't happen until enough of us have the faster speeds available to us at prices that make sense.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
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| What's the financial incentive for companies to lower prices on their higher speed tiers? If you like Net Neutrality thenthere is no incentive. If you're ani-Net-Neutrality then you can have content providers subsidizing a faster connection so all sorts of new applications are available.
I like Net Neutrality myself, but realistically a great unwashed masses could do everything they want right now on a 1.5/512 connection. |
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Z80APremium
join:2009-11-23 | reply to funchords
It won't happen until people demand it. People aren't going to demand it unless they have something they want to do with it. |
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said by iansltx:What's the financial incentive for companies to lower prices on their higher speed tiers? If you like Net Neutrality thenthere is no incentive. If you're ani-Net-Neutrality then you can have content providers subsidizing a faster connection so all sorts of new applications are available. I like Net Neutrality myself, but realistically a great unwashed masses could do everything they want right now on a 1.5/512 connection. Financial incentive? You're right, there is no real competition. Why would they lower prices when they know no one can beat them?
Are you trying to argue opex? That is laughably small for cable companies, who manage insanely high 80% margins on their internet services. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | I'm not talking about opex. I'm asking why a provider would lower the pricing on their premium tiers if their net cash flow due to doing so would be negative anyway. |
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