AkumalDave
Life's A Beach
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join:2001-04-20
Minneapolis, MN
| Just what are THEY smoking?
How can anyone call the current Broadband climate "Thriving"? O.K., so their "survey" showed a 42% increase in number of subscribers over the course of a year - but how many of those subscribers will actually have an operational circuit 6 months from now? How many have lost their connections since the survey was taken?
I've suffered through disconnects with Northpoint, COVAD and Ricochet. Apparently, the article's magic "$50 per month" connection simply isn't profitable or sustainable. Who knows what the Baby Bells will crank up the rates to, once the pesky competition is finally eliminated?
Do people want Broadband? Sure, they do. Is Broadband thriving? Hardly.
Dave |
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AkumalDave
Life's A Beach
Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-20
Minneapolis, MN
| Oh, P.S. to Ziff Davis:
Dear Ziff Davis (re: the above mentioned article on your web site),
It's bad enough to see flashing banner ads at the TOP of the screen, but at least we can scroll past them. Placing animated gif's INSIDE the body of the text is really annoying. Please reconsider this practice.
Dave |
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cybermud
join:2000-08-25
Chicago, IL
| A) This is DSLReports, not ZDNet.
b) ZDNet has been placing ads in the body of documents for moths now.
c) Those are usually Flash movies, not an animated GIF.
I agree that the ads are obnoxious and distracting, but ad-supported sites are trying to find new ways to attract attention to the ads in order to get more clicks. Being annoying is one way to get attention, but it may not result in more clicks, only negative sentiment. |
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depster
join:2001-06-07
Grand Rapids, MI | Been to MSNBC.com. They don't allow you to go to a new section without first viewing an advertisement.
At least they aren't porno ads... |
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Jim Gurd
Premium
join:2000-07-08
Plymouth, MI
 ·Comcast
| reply to AkumalDave
Re: Just what are THEY smoking?
said by AkumalDave:
Apparently, the article's magic "$50 per month" connection simply isn't profitable or sustainable.
A price of $40 per month seems to be fine for cable companies. The only cable entity in trouble is @Home. Road Runner customers have no such issues. If @Home folds then the cable companies will just find alternative backbone providers. Comcast has already started doing so. I think that @Home will go under soon and the cable companies will not miss a beat. The service will go on uninterrupted. They have too much at stake to allow for a service outage to occur. |
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AkumalDave
Life's A Beach
Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-20
Minneapolis, MN
| reply to cybermud
I'm aware of where we are...
A) The linked article was on Ziff Davis, which is why I put the P.S. to their attention.
B) That's why I don't patronize Ziff Davis' site but, rather, registered the comment here.
C) Whatever the file format, they're obnoxious and counterproductive and won't result in any revenue from me.
regards,
Dave |
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