baineschile
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join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI | Or maybe...
A good chunk of people dont want or need high speed internet.
Isnt earthlink banking on owning the dial up market the next decade? |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| said by baineschile  :A good chunk of people dont want or need high speed internet. Isnt earthlink banking on owning the dial up market the next decade? DING DING DING, WE HAVE A WINNAR!!!
DSL was a half hearted attempt for the telcos to get high speed access to their customers. Distance from the CO was the biggest problem.
They had their chance with ISDN but screwed that up too.
Verizon is deploying fiber. A BIG reason is that they don't have to share it with anyone and to upgrade their decades old equipment. |
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robl27
Premium
join:2008-07-16
Mary Esther, FL
 ·Cox HSI
 ·Vonage
| DSL isn't available in all areas which is a BIG problem and the speeds are slower then cable and soon, they will be issuing monthly caps.
people think DSL is better, well it has it's pros and cons but why is 1.5 down still the norm? why not 10 or 20 down be the norm.. answer? corporate greed.
people think 1.5 is fast until you download a big file.
here, i'm paying for 20/2.5 here on cable and DSL is only offering 256/256 or something similar.
lack of competition isn't helping, either.
here in fort walton beach, fl cox issued a speed increase which is nice but will probably hold for the next 4-6 years.
-rob
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PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR
| Folks can't buy something that you refuse to sell to them ...
...Verizon's strategy is to refuse to sell DSL to millions of their lower-ROI customers, and use them as hostage "bait" to push for USF-like subsidies in D.C. Or so it has been reported by dslprime.com. Apparently they've computed if they can squeeze a new cash cow revenue stream out of the government, it'll be worth it in the long run to forego the revenue from these subscribers for the time being. Maybe a smart thing for VZ shareholders. It just sucks being one of these subscribers, and eventually a taxpayer, once the VZ lobbyists work their magic. |
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guypd
join:2008-05-08
Silver Springs, NY | Re: Folks can't buy something that you refuse to sell to them ..
Frontier is the local DSL and they just decided to put a 5 GB / month cap on their High Speed Internet. I think this will be a cause for a major migration to Time Warner's Road Runner, since they don't have any caps at this point in time. |
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