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RE: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years?
From: Jim Popovitch <jimpop () yahoo com>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 15:01:15 -0400
On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 12:43 -0600, Shaun Bryant wrote:
I have to second this one, having used Comcast and qwest. I look for the small guy, they have something to loss if I drop them and switch. I also like that I can drive down to there office and sit on someone's desk if I am not getting the service I want.
OK, I agree with sitting on someone's desk when needed as well as rooting for the small guy. But what happens when <insert_any_ilec> gobbles up all the small "competitors"? We will be back at square one having 256K competing against 5MB (dollar for dollar) in large territories. What incentive is there, at that point, for <insert_any_ilec> to continue rolling out inferior DSL service in areas where big-cable already has coverage? It is true that there are areas where DSL can compete, but that technology is not increasing fast enough to trump cable. Therefore <insert_any_ilec> is spending their research money elsewhere (i.e. wireless). -Jim P.
Current thread:
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years?, (continued)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Chip Mefford (May 11)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Jerry Pasker (May 11)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Valdis . Kletnieks (May 11)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Stephen J. Wilcox (May 11)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? JC Dill (May 11)
- RE: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Mark D. Bodley (May 11)
- what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Douglas Otis (May 11)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Simon Waters (May 12)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Randy Bush (May 21)
- RE: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Shaun Bryant (May 11)
- RE: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Jim Popovitch (May 11)
- FW: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Matt Bazan (May 11)
- RE: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Matt Bazan (May 11)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Valdis . Kletnieks (May 11)
- RE: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Dave Hilton (May 11)
- RE: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Sam Hayes Merritt, III (May 11)
- RE: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Matt Bazan (May 11)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Patrick W. Gilmore (May 11)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Aaron Glenn (May 11)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Brian Russo (May 12)
- RE: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? M. David Leonard (May 12)
(Thread continues...)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Chip Mefford (May 11)