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| Re: Makes sense said by Nightfall  :
Since most people moving to broadband really don't care about services like that, I have another option. I want all ISPs to STOP offering video and audio content.
Just because it hasn't caught on and provider networks aren't designed for bandwidth intensive content (*cough* Cox *cough*), doesn't mean it won't catch on in the future. If the lame-brain idiots that run major ISPs and backbones started pricing bandwidth reasonably (justify $400/Mbps), we'd have the networks and bandwidth to handle it.
There have been two companies, WideOpenWest (I think) and another (Winfirst ?!) that have shown Video Over IP can work... Of course they are using 100Mbps fibre, not slow poke coax or four pair copper.
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Smokey
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clubs: | Re: Makes sense this may be a dumb question, but you dont like cox do you?? | |
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| Re: Makes sense said by Smokey :
this may be a dumb question, but you dont like cox do you??
Let's just say I've had my fair share of problem with them and those problems had never been this numerous with my old provider before they tanked.
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lazarus_
join:2002-08-31
Resolute, NU
| The article is flawed.. If they did it just to free up the phone they could easily buy a new dialup modem that supports the new standard.. Either way dialup is still cheaper than broadband if you only have the one phone line that can still accept calls.. | |
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TheWickerMan
join:2002-04-09
Enola, PA
| said by Nightfall :
I know a lot of people who moved to broadband not only because of the speed, but to get rid of the extra phone line. It is simple math.
Basic phone line = $20-$30 per month depending on location and services.
ISP = $10-$20 a month depending on who you go with.
That is what eventually got me to switch: Realizing that I was paying about as much for my slow, unstable dialup account and second phone line as I would be for fast, reliable cable. Now that I've seen these speeds, I could never go back to dialup.
It's getting to the point where you almost need a broadband connection. Even game demos and program patches are starting to get huge. Windows update on my machine took only a couple minutes. On my friend's machine, who still has dialup, it took over an hour. | |
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