keyboard5684
join:2001-08-01
Youngsville, PA
 ·Teliax VOIP
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Re: 896! lmao!
Because most users do not care about speed.
Most care about cost, services, and customer service. As long as the internet works, then great it is fine for most people. The key is keeping up with what users want. MOST users want to watch videos on CNN or something, that takes a little more. As time goes on need will increase and as long as they keep up with that, there is no problem with competing.
So many people on here (BBR) think that offering 100Mbps to users is going to blow away the competition, not true. If everything else sucks then they will not sell it. |
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HotRodFoto
Premium
join:2003-04-19
Denver, CO | I would disagree with you, it isn't 1999 anymore and most people these days who have BB are educated about it. As I said, how can they even compete with Comcast in Denver any more when they are offering upload speeds at 5 1/2x that |
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anon12
@direcpc.com
| no a lot off people are still not educated about internet at all.hell i work at 2 different places where we have people that don't even know how to use a computer,much less know about speed.for many of them dialup is still acceptable to them because they don't know any better
not to mention the millions of rural people that still cant get dsl or cable to them 1.5 meg to 3 meg would be a dream.I myself live 1/8 of a mile from dsl,and 1/2 mile from cable,and would just love to have 1,5 or 3 meg at a decent price.i currently use hughes net for 60.00 a month for 1 meg down,and 150kbps up,and a 6 gig download cap.I can get verizon evdo but its 60.00 a month for about 1.5 meg,and a 5 gig cap that's even worse than hughes
so when people say that that tired old dsl tech. is outdated,and will never compete with cable I think you are wrong if dsl was offered to everyone there would be many many rural people that would use it ,and be very happy with it,and could care less about higher speed because they are already used to slow speed internet.I would like to know the exact number of people that can not get dsl or cable because amount here if you are not within 2 1/2 miles from a dslam or the city limits,or on a main road between towns you can not get either |
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HotRodFoto
Premium
join:2003-04-19
Denver, CO
| said by anon12 :
no a lot off people are still not educated about internet at all.hell i work at 2 different places where we have people that don't even know how to use a computer,much less know about speed.for many of them dialup is still acceptable to them because they don't know any better
not to mention the millions of rural people that still cant get dsl or cable to them 1.5 meg to 3 meg would be a dream.I myself live 1/8 of a mile from dsl,and 1/2 mile from cable,and would just love to have 1,5 or 3 meg at a decent price.i currently use hughes net for 60.00 a month for 1 meg down,and 150kbps up,and a 6 gig download cap.I can get verizon evdo but its 60.00 a month for about 1.5 meg,and a 5 gig cap that's even worse than hughes
so when people say that that tired old dsl tech. is outdated,and will never compete with cable I think you are wrong if dsl was offered to everyone there would be many many rural people that would use it ,and be very happy with it,and could care less about higher speed because they are already used to slow speed internet.I would like to know the exact number of people that can not get dsl or cable because amount here if you are not within 2 1/2 miles from a dslam or the city limits,or on a main road between towns you can not get either
Oh I agree....many in rural areas would use it, but that isn't what we are talking about here. Look, the Qwest speeds are a joke compared to what they are already competing with, and most people who are on BB do know what is up with it. Especially in this day and age, when cost is a big factor ...people want the most for their $ and Qwest with 896 sure isn't delivering that |
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anon 12
@direcpc.com
| start asking around to dsl and cable users,and you will be surprised as to how many don't even know what speed they have.I know a lot of people that don't even know that,and on top of that are not going to pay more a month for faster speeds when what they have now is fast enough for them
there are a lot more people than you think that don't care about speed just monthly price.people that don't watch videos or movies,or game,and large downloads don't care about super fast internet just one that works and is cheap.I myself don't need any faster than a 6 meg connection,and would not pay more a month for something that i don't need |
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HotRodFoto
Premium
join:2003-04-19
Denver, CO
| said by anon 12 :
start asking around to dsl and cable users,and you will be surprised as to how many don't even know what speed they have.I know a lot of people that don't even know that,and on top of that are not going to pay more a month for faster speeds when what they have now is fast enough for them
there are a lot more people than you think that don't care about speed just monthly price.people that don't watch videos or movies,or game,and large downloads don't care about super fast internet just one that works and is cheap.I myself don't need any faster than a 6 meg connection,and would not pay more a month for something that i don't need
Sure, agreed, but still that doesn't answer how they can compete with Comcast and their speeds, and the price point is well, pretty much the same. Who wouldn't switch for a connection that is much faster at the same cost? |
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UploadSpeed
@wildblue.net | Comcast fastest upload is 768!? |
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HotRodFoto
Premium
join:2003-04-19
Denver, CO | I am on 5MB upstream here |
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