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story category Charter Prepping DOCSIS 3.0 Pilot Markets
Though expect only targeted launches in 2009
10:15AM Tuesday Sep 30 2008 by Karl Bode
tags: business · bandwidth · cable · Charter Pipeline
Charter CTO Marwan Fawaz tells MultiChannel News that when it comes to DOCSIS 3.0 upgrades and faster speeds, Charter is "in the process of getting a few markets piloted, and it will be part of our 2009 planning." Which markets those are remain a secret, but like Time Warner Cable and Comcast, Charter will initially only target markets where they're feeling competitive pressure from Verizon FiOS. "We’re not doing a massive market launch to our entire footprint," says Fawaz. "We’ll get there in the next few years."

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Varlik
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September 30th, @10:25AM

Followed by ......

Increased FIOS Speeds and / or more package offerings along with new prices. Well only if FIOS feels the heat or rather need. But please Docsis 3.0 is barley a match and certainly not a threat. As for Charter having a few years? Well at least they're optimistic.

greendragon
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Stewartville, MN

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September 30th, @12:33PM

Re: Followed by ......

As for Charter having a few years? Well at least they're optimistic.
ROFL No kidding.

BinaryXtreme

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Sparks, NV
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September 30th, @10:49AM

$Ummm$

OK, at the 10/1 if you transfer to the 16/2 tier, it's $25 more per month plus $35 connection fee. How much are they going to rape customers in these markets for this? Not only that but history dictates Charter will screw this up for a good 5 years before some sort of stability is reached.

Pizz
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Re: $Ummm$

They'll try and milk out as much money as possible. Look at the Comcast 3.0 test market in Minn. Their charging over 100 bucks a month for 50/5 - and you know they'll have other pricing tiers.

Personally charter should just be a leader, and not wait for Comcast to do the pricing model - like every single MSO does.
majortom1029

join:2006-10-19
Lindenhurst, NY

Re: $Ummm$

nope not every single mso. Cablevision has been offering 30/5 for $60 since they announced it.(this includes ports for web and email servers opened up and no caps ).
joker5656

join:2006-06-23
Greenville, SC

Re: $Ummm$

that's the thing i like about charter no caps to worry about. i know we are always last to upgrade but i can download as much as i want.

dvd536
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said by Pizz See Profile :

They'll try and milk out as much money as possible. Look at the Comcast 3.0 test market in Minn. Their charging over 100 bucks a month for 50/5 - and you know they'll have other pricing tiers.
Want to compete with fios comcast? you need to offer something better in the UPLOAD side. hell Cablevision offers 5mbps upload on docsis 2.0 on BOOST for some $65/month. fios' 50/50 is some ~$90/month.
lets see: 10 times the upload for $50 less and no caps unlike any cableco. cable vs fios is STILL a no-brainer.
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chartertek

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markets

long beach and dallas. mark my words.
Lazlow

join:2006-08-07
Saint Louis, MO

St Louis?

I know St Louis is usually not one of Charter's first upgrade markets but I wonder this time. A lot of my contacts within Charter have been in a ton of meetings for the last month and there have been a lot more "maintenance" outages for the last month or so as well(the 1am-3am variety). The last time these events coincided was when they were bringing 16/2 online. On the other hand it could be that they are just getting ready to eliminate a bunch of analog channels (digital only).

dvd536
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Phoenix, AZ

Pilot markets?

Don't you mean fios markets?

Apophis
Jaffa Kree
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Re: Pilot markets?

I dont understand how this company can continue to do business when it losses millions ever day.

hobgoblin
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Marwan

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