Cable Opens Up > it's about time

reply to reub2000

Re: it's about time

Why would they? The network is the same, the same noise in the RF plant and the same limitations that exists in the current cable plant. Installing different CMTSs with different backbones may not help much.

Comcast has the same equipment available to them as OOL.

Plus, you are asking ISPs to share very small amounts of available upstream spectrum with other ISPs. This will probably make things worse with less reliability for everyone. Who is going to maintain the RF plant? Why should comcast care when OOL has more customers? Why should comcast pay to fix that amplifier when OOL clearly has a considerably larger interest in having it fixed?

With DSL it is a bit easier to share DSL services with different ISPs. A single DSL line can be routed just about anywhere.

"Comcast has the same equipment available to them as OOL."

yes they do. and if the cable plant is in anywhere near the same shape as the plant in OOL territory, the speeds would be nearly the same, but comcast withholds as much BW as the sole proprietor in the monoploized area because they want to squeeze as much money as they can out of their users.
all i want is the choice of several providers the same way people can choose their provider and isp on the dsl side.
i think it is safe to assume that cable plant is in great shape in the comcast territories as they are upping speeds to try and appease us. too little too late.

"Why should comcast care when OOL has more customers? Why should comcast pay to fix that amplifier when OOL clearly has a considerably larger interest in having it fixed?"

they should care the same reason every other ILEC has to care and fix network problems when its not your customer out of service....cause the government forces them to.

i dont think anyone actually believes these huge companies care a whit about any of us.
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[text was edited by author 2003-10-07 22:29:53]