| reply to espaeth
Re: Canada, Russia, Indonesia said by espaeth:said by funchords:Four years, four different addresses, I've never lived in the "sticks" and I've never had fiber optic available to me at any one of them. That's because fiber by itself doesn't sell. Verizon spent billions rolling out FiOS to the markets in which they've currently deployed, and despite having a clearly superior technology they're not hitting higher than a 20% adoption rate. General Motors aside, most companies don't pump a lot of investment into developing products that people don't buy. Aside from the fact that you're lying (their adoption rate is 29%), Verizon has steadily raised their prices on FIOS. If they want higher adoption rates they need to lower their prices and increase their speeds. Add in the fact that they only recently dropped the 2 year contract requirement, and it's easy to see why their adoption rates are "low". The quotes are an indication of how ridiculous it is to consider 29% low. Free.fr offers a $40/month triple play and they manage a 33% rate.
The other side to consider is that Verizon is hemorrhaging DSL customers, but holding their own with FIOS. Once again your pro-corporation bias is showing. |
