Zorglub
join:2000-11-18
Fremont, CA
| Comcast is afraid
that they won't be able to milk the broadband cow once fiber is there.
That's probably their biggest fear that prices will go down across the board on broadband access. That would hit their bottom line pretty bad. Damn, I just can't wait for it!! |
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LiLJohn
join:2003-01-05
Bowie, MD | Ditching Comcast
Once Verizon Fios comes to Bowie, Maryland, im ditching comcast ASAP. |
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Nightfall
My Goal Is To Deny Yours
Premium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
 ·AT&T Midwest
 ·Comcast
 ·Site5.com
| reply to Zorglub
Re: Comcast is afraid
said by Zorglub  :that they won't be able to milk the broadband cow once fiber is there. That's probably their biggest fear that prices will go down across the board on broadband access. That would hit their bottom line pretty bad. Damn, I just can't wait for it!! There is a lot of dark fiber all over the place. The main reason why it hasn't been lit is because of the huge prices of the "last mile". Comcast has nothing to fear. FIOS isn't going to be mainstream anytime soon. In another 5 years, if FIOS becomes mainstream, Comcast may have something better out by then.
As for the prices going down, they have been about the same for a while. Back in 1997, you could get @Home for $35-$40 a month. Now, it costs just a little more than that about 8 years later. I would have to say that is a pretty good bargain. If you qualify for DSL, you can get off even cheaper than that. I love my SBC DSL and the price is quite nice. Wish I qualified for extra speed though.
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Zorglub
join:2000-11-18
Fremont, CA
| Isn't Comcast $45 for cable subscribers and $60 for non subscribers?
While I agree that Comcast is pretty safe right now, the coming years could (emphasis on could) be trying. AFAIK, fiber is the best thing out there performancewise, and that probably won't change in the next 10 years. So, once fiber is rolled out, the cable companies will have to make do with an inferior technology (coax).
Of course, in the case of SBC and its fiber to the node, that's pretty much the same as Comcast, so they should be pretty safe... |
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bchoate8
join:2004-02-17
Logan, UT
| reply to Nightfall
In another 5 years, if FIOS becomes mainstream, Comcast may have something better out by then. Of course they'll have something better out by then. 5 years is a long time in this industry. Do you remember where we were at speed-wise 5 years ago? In my town cable/DSL was just becoming available at 1500/256 for cable, now we're almost to 6000/768 (come march)... also consider that the last two increases have been withing about a year and a half. Now, almost anyone has access to cable, DSL, wireless, or any combination of the three. |
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