Jean Poutine
@nibble.net | reply to darrylr
Re: [Extreme] Hot off the wire: Rogers annouces 18Meg service
They don't have to do it all at once. They could roll it out gradually. They could start with fibre in the most densely populated areas first, and then move outwards.
Then, our connections would be regular instead of being constipated. |
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travisc
join:2001-11-09
Port Perry, ON
| reply to hopetindall
They won't go to DOCSIS 2, GI Suck. I'd lay money they go right to DOCSIS 3. That being said, when you have to run a business, it's hard to justify being so far ahead of the curve and investing billions in giving fibre to everyone. You might like it, but it would ruin the company because there aren't enough subscribers out there willing to pay the cost in the short to medium term. It may cost more in the long run to make the step to DOCSIS 3, then switched video, M-CMTS etc., but it makes a lot more financial sense looking out in the next couple years at a time to do it that way. |
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bellyman
join:2004-11-01
Richmond Hill, ON
| reply to sbrook
Ironic that Enron never was able to roll out the "selling bandwidth" plan. Only $1.25 per GB after 100? What a steal!!
LOL!
OT: If you have the Wonderful World of Ted's Most Excellent Compressed Digital Cable - and have the TMN pack - they are showing Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. A funny part near the end is Skilling's comment on trading weather futures.
(Of course I already saw the movie months ago - got it from the Toronto Public Library no less)
I will always feel sorry for the PG&E guys who had their retirement stocks automatically flipped to Enron stock and were never able to sell any near the end and lost their retirement fund savings. (always risk v. reward but how many employees at PG&E would even trade their stocks?)
Always read & love your stuff sbrook... |
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sbrook
Premium,Mod
join:2001-12-14
H0H 0H0
 ·Rogers Hi-Speed
Host:
Rogers
Bell Canada
1 edit | reply to hopetindall
Thank you for your email regarding the rate increase for our Extreme service.
When we launched this service on May 2005, it was an 5Mb/800kbps service and was priced at $44.95. In March of 2005, we offered a second version of Extreme priced at $46.95.This was for a higher speed and usage - although I do note that the usage is not of interest to you.
For those customers who chose to remain on the original service, we increased the speed and usage limit on August 1, so both services matched. We also aligned the pricing. I do appreciate that you wouldn't have kowtow the speed increase at the time you wrote your email.
..., we believe that in the markets we serve, we are indeed competitively priced. As an example, our service includes the full suite of security services .
I hope this provides you with an explanation of our reasons for aligning prices.
Thank you
Taanta gupta
In other words, we're gonna charge you for for Norton etc. even though you don't necessarily want it. |
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jackr
join:2004-03-10
Barrie, ON | I'm confused by "that you wouldn't have kowtow the speed". Is she altered, or does she write kowtow randomly just to see if you're actually reading the replies? |
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sbrook
Premium,Mod
join:2001-12-14
H0H 0H0 | I didn't quite understand that ... bear in mind that perhaps English isn't her first language and that she is using idiom inappropriately. |
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GI Suck
I Got Mail Yay
join:2004-01-14
Oshawa, ON | reply to hopetindall
Competitively priced?
With who???
Oh, I forgot, Sympatico! Except their service doesn't have QoS technologies or data consumption cap! |
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Jimmy Ha
@rogers.com | reply to hopetindall
HK
»www.convergedigest.com/Bandwidth···ID=14545
I say we all move to hong kong, symmetric 1gbps 215 us dollars a month. ( o_0 ) |
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Snickerdo
Premium
join:2001-02-28
Niagara Falls, ON
| Guess what? My connection is 1Gbit/s too! That is, until I pass the switch, where it drops down to a 10Mbit/s connection, and is even further limited by how fast the server I'm connecting to runs.
--
Bigot - Someone that has won an argument with a Liberal.
Yes, I CanChat. Can You? www.fiberal.ca |
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Angelo_
The Network Guy
Premium
join:2002-06-18 | it is also offered here... just costs alot more then 200 |
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Xtife
join:2005-11-30
| reply to hopetindall
Re: [Extreme] Hot off the wire: Rogers annouces 18Meg service
i didnt read this whole topic
but let me just say i almost near died from a stroke when i saw the first post
no words can discribe... im speechless
the internet in canada has gone to hell
iv always thought of us as a third world country when it comes to the internet. other countrys have 30-50mb downloads and god noes what the upload is like. and its as cheap, if not cheaper than extreme
its nice to see that we are getting close, but this is just brain-dead as it stands now
my 2 cents... |
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Solearius
@rogers.com | reply to hopetindall
$100/month is kinda  0
Verizon FiOS offers 15 Mbps/2 Mbps for $44.95 in NY.
Solearius |
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