To be fair, they are giving 100Mbps for that $50/mo. On Apr 10, 2016 5:06 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
> I’m talking about Comcast’s $10 Internet Essentials. > https://internetessentials.com/ > > Available if child qualifies for school lunch program. Not a contract or > promo price. And you don’t have to live in public housing. > > I do realize typical residential pricing is around $50/mo. What I’m > saying is the “free” price was ridiculous, especially since Google Fiber is > so holier-than-thou showing the other ISPs how it’s done. It was either a > stunt to get municipal approval, or they honestly believed 10 Mbps was so > lame that most people would rather pay for gigabit. > > No matter what their logic, increasing your minimum tier from $0 to $50 is > a helluva price increase. It would certainly seem to offer the local cable > and telephone companies an opportunity to offer 10 Mbps at something less > than $50, maybe around $30. And maybe get some cable TV revenue. Because > lots of people will still be happy with a meager 10 Mbps if it’s > affordable, no matter what the elites think. Just like some people are > fine with French’s mustard instead of Grey Poupon, and beer instead of wine. > > > *From:* Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, April 10, 2016 4:45 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in > Kansas City| Ars Technica > > > I am under the impression you are not familiar with common metro broadband > pricing. > > Honestly. > > I have a rather large spreadsheet of major North American fiber / cable / > DSL providers, contracts, misc fees, etc. > > Once you get past the "contract promo" pricing, seeing 10Mbps for $45-55+ > a month is far from uncommon - especially for the cable cos, which sucks > when you see that 10Mbps stay at 2-4Mbps during peak because of how vastly > over provisioned much of those networks are. > > That said, their 1Gbps pricing (which they want customers on, as gpon > ports aren't free in the strategic sense) really stoked a fire under most > of the providers asses. > On Apr 10, 2016 4:38 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > >> Free was silly. But hiking the minimum tier from $0 to $50 is kind of >> extreme. They must have been surprised how many people were OK with a mere >> 10 Mbps at America’s favorite price. >> >> Comcast’s $10 price is more reasonable than either $0 or $50. >> >> >> *From:* Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> >> *Sent:* Sunday, April 10, 2016 2:31 PM >> *To:* Animal Farm <af@afmug.com> >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in Kansas >> City| Ars Technica >> >> >> >> http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/04/google-fiber-ends-free-5mbps-internet-offer-in-kansas-city/ >> >
