shashinka
join:2000-09-16
West Boylston, MA | reply to Cjaiceman
Re: Fine and Dandy...
Most likely this wouldn't be available in the sticks either or it maybe a long time. |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO
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I second that. I've had both Dish and DirecTV and prefer either to cable. However, I want broadband and bundled discounts offered by cable made me get rid of the dish.
If DirecTV and/or Dish can offer a WiMax solution with a bundled TV/VOD/DVR/broadband package, I'd love to have a competitive option.
Of course it's not enough to offer 1Mbps. I'd expect several Mbps service, reasonable price, no port blocking or GB/month caps etc, etc, etc. |
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poolek
join:2003-11-04
Austin, TX
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·ViaTalk
 ·AT&T Yahoo
| reply to Cjaiceman
It's not satellite - it's terestrial wireless/wimax. Latency won't be an issue.
I'd be interested in it. I currently use DirecTV and prefer it to the cable offerings in my area. If they offered a decent competitor price, speed and stability wise to the cable or DSL offerings I can get, I would certainly consider switching. |
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Cjaiceman
Premium,MVM
join:2004-10-12
Parker, CO
·Comcast Workplace
·Comcast
1 edit | ... but I'm still going to stick with Qwest DSL for now. I highly doubt that they will offer 7Mbps for $35/month... Plus the latency will be an issue as I am a gamer.... But, for those out in the sticks that can't get anything other than satellite this is a good option if they do it right!
They are also going to have a hard time convincing people with cable that are getting 10+mbps to switch to a lower service for about the same price (if they price it ~$40-$60/month).
Personally I think they should target areas that don't have any broadband options (other than satellite). |
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