djrobsd
join:2002-01-24
San Diego, CA Reviews:
 ·Cox HSI
| It makes good business sense Guys, if you think about this, cable is killing DSL right now. 3mbps connection, and the average time from order to install on cable is 2 days in my area, Cox came out 2 days after I called them and activated the line. My DSL took 3 weeks to go live.
DSL = 1500 download speeds, but with overhead you get about 1100-1300, although my MCI dsl has been crappy and only giving me about 800kbps right now.
Cable = 3000 download speed, and they must adjust for overhead because I always get around 2900-2950 on my Cox cable modem.
It makes good business sense for DSL companies to offer 2x the bandwidth of a cable modem for only $20 a month more then most people pay for their cable. Plus by offering more value in having a static IP and allowing the client to run their own servers, they will surely win all the deals they can this way.
Of course, these new 6000 packages are not for everyone. How many people are 7000 feet from their CO? Luckilly I am only 6500 feet, so hopefully I am going to get a good speed.
DSL Extreme is telling customers their lines will be ordered on February 2nd. This tells me they must have worked out a "bulk" deal with SBC, "we'll place 1000 orders on this day for this service if you give it to us for x dollars". Either that, or SBC is really planning on dramatically reducing their prices. My guess is that no one was biting on their $100-150 a month DSL packages, and every one is biting on their $26.99 so SBC probably figures better to get $60 bucks out of the customer then $27. |
