tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| this is good.
give to customers a freebie(value added to voip subscription) what verizon turns you upside down to empty out your pocket change and folding money for... this can be a good thing... except, not for verizon... if it catches on, expect time warner to go lock step behind this plan. |
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Duramax08
Oh rly?
join:2008-08-03
San Antonio, TX | free=good |
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pv8man999
@wideopenwest.com | Futile
Good come back from Cablevision but resistance against the FTTH is Futile. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
 ·North State Commun..
| reply to tmc8080
Re: this is good.
said by tmc8080  :expect time warner to go lock step behind this plan. It'll NEVER happen. Cablevision covers a minuscule area compared to Time Warner. Time Warner will go the WiMAX route, not WiFi.
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sunny8294
Shqipe
join:2001-03-15
Localhost ;) | reply to Duramax08
Amen! |
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Bobcat
Premium
join:2001-02-04
Bedminster, NJ | It's not free
When are you going to realize that $300 million is not free? |
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Duramax08
Oh rly?
join:2008-08-03
San Antonio, TX | free for the consumers, not free for the operators. |
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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| reply to Bobcat
said by Bobcat :When are you going to realize that $300 million is not free? Cablevision would have to ante up the $300 million for docsis 3 anyway when FTTP goes live with 50/50mbit and 100/100 mbit GPONs. The wifi & voip upgrades are the icing on the cake. What will Verizon be giving away? Free bill increases? Surcharge upgrades? Set top charges, subscription cancellation fees from hell? Something tied into their overpriced cell phone service? No way they're giving LTE broadband away free to compete with the likes of Cablevision |
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Bobcat
Premium
join:2001-02-04
Bedminster, NJ
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to Duramax08
said by Duramax08 :free for the consumers, not free for the operators. What, CV customers aren't going to pay one way or another? |
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majortom1029
join:2006-10-19
Lindenhurst, NY
| hmm
No matter what anybody says this is a good move by cablevision. I am staying with cablevision for this reason alone. Being able to go anywhere on long island and get the net without any additional costs is a huge advantage for me.
Heck i have been using it already. |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ | Free wifi cant compete against
20 megabit and higher UPLOAD rates offered by verizons fios. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
 ·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
| reply to Matt
Re: this is good.
TWC could do the wifi coverage in their covered cities were it makes sense. In some areas they offer wifi hotspots. It was going to be a national thing but then they stopped doing it.
TWC needs to follow foot with CV in what they do such as this.
I wish my local cable company would do this. We have DOCSIS 2 with 3 coming soon. It wouldn't be a problem. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
| reply to dvd536
Re: Free wifi cant compete against
but you don't get those speeds when you're outside of your network at home.
With CV you get your cable vision service anywhere they have wifi. VZ had this but decided not to offer it anymore. They had it several years ago. And just because VZ is doing FTTH doesnt mean CV isnt making a great move. This would be a reason for businessmen/women to use CV at home alone. they don't have to pay for EVDO when they're out on the road in the Long Island area. |
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officiate
@optonline.net
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said by dvd536 :20 megabit and higher UPLOAD rates offered by verizons fios. perhaps for business, there is no official upload tier faster than 20mbit today (though there have been rumors of 30mbit upload in MDU's negotiated with Verizon in NYC). docsis 3 will have symmetric tiers no doubt. probably where docsis 2.0 tapers off, 30-38mbit symmetric and go up from there (still at a great price, $29.95) |
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