DaMaGeINC
The Lan Man
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join:2002-06-08
Greenville, SC
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 ·AT&T Southeast
1 edit | How about.
How about make a ULTRA FAST TIER, like 10Mbps/1Mbps(not OOL, but for the rest of the country) And charge us $100. And see how maby people sign up for that. I would be first in line..
They think everyone wants lower prices, not true. Thier is alot of us that would pay for higher speeds. Not everyone is broke. |
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Frossty
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join:2003-07-06 | like 98% wnat lower prises and higher speeds i mean like who woudn't?? |
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Julio
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said by DaMaGeINC  :How about make a ULTRA FAST TIER, like 10Mbps/1Mbps(not OOL, but for the rest of the country) And charge us $100. And see how maby people sign up for that. I would be first in line.. They think everyone wants lower prices, not true. Thier is alot of us that would pay for higher speeds. Not everyone is broke. ditto 
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navalpatel
join:2003-07-28
Lubbock, TX | reply to DaMaGeINC
unless you are downloading multiple files at once all the time, I do not really see the benefit of having such high speeds... Japan has 100 mb and its useless to them. |
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Cheddah
join:2001-12-31
San Rafael, CA
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Yes, but you are the minority and not the majority which is why they're scared of lowering prices along with speeds. I would love to pay less for my cable modem service. 95% of my tmie online is browsing and email which does not justify the 3M download I have. I was getting along fine with my 1.5M and wouldn't mind going back to that speed if I could save $20/monthly which equates to $240 eyarly savings. Now comcast is going to increase my download speed to 4M next year? Pretty useless to me since I won't even notice the difference. Just my 2 cents. |
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batmanst
join:2003-12-23
Beverly Hills, CA
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Dude you're one in a million that can pay 100 a month for life. Why not 10/2 for 29.95 a month??? or 5/1 for 19.95 a month? Things should get cheaper, faster, not cost more.
Just like with computer. You're crazy if you think paying more is better. do you get paid more at a job then you do paying the not so useful broadband? you're being inconsiderate to others who do not agree with you. Just your one sided opinions I guess.
FYI:The less we pay the better our pocket money is even if they make less profit. What do they need so much money for??? Their rich already, its pointless.  |
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Jim_F
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join:2004-01-19
Caldwell, NJ
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Who are the "they" that think everyone wants lower prices? If you're talking about the cablecos, why do they continuously raise rates? "They" think that people want more download. What they DON'T realize is that MOST people want lower prices (and faster upload). |
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imrf
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join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
·WOW Internet and C..
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said by navalpatel : Japan has 100 mb and its useless to them. And you know that it's useless to the for a fact? If it was useless then they wouldn't buy it. |
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zoom314
Superman
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join:2001-04-30
Yermo, CA
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No, Just not rich enough to pay for that $100.00 per month price tag. Me If they wanted an inexpensive tier, Just make one at like 256k/128k and charge $20.00 per month for It, As that is less than AOL as far as I know. About the only thing I dislike about cable is their Stupid(dare I say Idiotic?) Commercials, But I do have the mute button on the remote aimed and ready.  |
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kba4
join:2001-10-23
Canton, OH
·RoadRunner Cable
| this is why our country is so technically behind
it's these cableco execs who are making things so damn inferior in this country. i mean it's 2004 and we just started rolling out VOD in the past year or so. wtf?! we have the technology but these large companies with old people running them are deciding what we get and how much (more each year too) we'll pay.
ideally we'd still be #1 in the world, but i guess the incentive to compete that way went out with the cold war. we need another soviet union to go head to head with, only this time it's digital. we should all have FTTH, and those who don't should have satellite offered even if the latency is 1000ms.
why was roadrunner so damn fast when i first got it back in 1996, on my old IBM aptiva with an ISA NIC?! and today it's running around the same speed on a good day but the technology even from the cable head end to the modem is so much more advanced? what happened? i'm paying nearly $15 more per month and all they can give me is 3Mbps down and 384Kbps up? or if i want to spend more i can get 6Mbps down and half-a-meg up. i thought when AOL bought TW out that maybe (and this was insanely naive of me) things would improve. why is the largest network only giving me this lousy 'broadband', who cares if i use it or not, i want at least 10/10 so i can use my PC to game or just do basic things without 'advanced' codecs that merely compress the crap out of media in order to squeeze it over a few hundred Kbps.
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DaMaGeINC
The Lan Man
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Greenville, SC
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Re: How about.
Im not saying, they shouldn't make a "lite" tier. Im saying, they should also offer a faster tier, for the "1%" of us that want it and can afford it. They just seem to be lowering speeds and raising prices. I would NEVER pay $20 for 256/128 I would pull my hair out with that. But I guess theirs some (maby alot) who would. Ya know, if they offered an expensive tier, and people paid for it, they could then take the extra profits from that and it would help lower prices on non-expensive tiers.
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cooperaaaron
join:2004-04-10
Joliet, IL
·AT&T Yahoo
| Either...
they cut the prices, add a "lite" tier or don't add a "lite" tier and watch people get fed up and go to other providers...
If I was Brian Roberts, I would offer the "lite" tier, he can't stop people from looking elsewhere for internet service, which is what is happening in this and other areas... |
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DaMaGeINC
The Lan Man
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join:2002-06-08
Greenville, SC
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Re: this is why our country is so technically behind
What we NEED TO DO is take all the money they are spending on this stupid war, and use it here in our country. With all the money they spent so far, we would already have FTTH and SOO much more. |
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX
| Been There. Done That.
When I lived in Austin I used a cable/telco/Internet company called Grande Communications and they offered tiered bandwidth with apparently no problems. For example you could get 256k for $19.95. the company has been steadily growing and is now offering some services here in Houston. Apparently there is a market for lower tiers as well as higher tiers and not much risk to losing money if offering both. The major players are just greedy. Plain and simple. |
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DaMaGeINC
The Lan Man
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join:2002-06-08
Greenville, SC
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·Charter Pipeline
·AT&T Southeast
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Re: Either...
Most areas only have at least 2-3 providers. In my city, their is Bellsouth, and Charter. Thats it when it comes to broadband. And since Charter cable is faster than BS dsl, thats who I use. I have no other choice of what I can get unless I want to shell out $500 for something else.
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JPCass
join:2001-01-23
Denver, CO
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Re: How about.
Plenty of people will pay for things they don't need, like cars that will do 160 mph, or go off road, when they never actually use them for that. The Japanese in particular are noted for being infatuated with spending huge amounts to have the latest gadgetry, regardless of its real productive use. That's marketing. |
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JPCass
join:2001-01-23
Denver, CO
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Re: Been There. Done That.
The "major players" should eventually figure out that at least one of them could pick off customers from the competition by offering more tiers. Or is this a case where competition doesn't really work as it should? Were we better off in the days where the telcos were more highly regulated, and were often required to offer products that made basic service affordable to everyone? |
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imrf
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join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI | reply to JPCass
Re: How about.
Yes, I know the Japanese love new technology. But making an assumption that those speeds are useless is asinine. Besides, they pay less for those speeds anyways, so why not have them anyways. |
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DaMaGeINC
The Lan Man
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join:2002-06-08
Greenville, SC
clubs: | Im sure their "internet world" is alot more advanced than ours. They use Video phone's VOD, and alot more stuff that we haven't even begun to conceive. They are 30 years ahead of us. Plain and simple |
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needforspeed59
Cruise Ship Just Passing Through
join:2001-05-02
Glendale, AZ
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Re: Been There. Done That.
Cox offers a $24.95 256k/256k tier here in Phoenix. Let's see, AOL is $24 + phone line cost... hmmmmm. Personally, I have the highest tier; 5M/768k for $55 a month. My kid likes the upstream for his PC and XBOX games, plus I have 4 'puters networked with 3 usually going at the same time in the evenings.
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