So I've run across randon stuff on-line that claims Verizon was making a profit on FIOS, but not enough of a profit for investors to think it was worth the investment. Here's a NYTimes article that I found frustrating: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/the-cost-to-offer-the-worlds-fastest-broadband-20-per-home/
Does anyone have a good reference for what the upper, upper limit on the cable modem speeds will be. Is the DOCSIS 3.0 the highest it can go without laying new cable to each house? I'm curious whether, in the 5-10 year horizon, it is reasonable to believe that our basic cable connection would still be around or if it will go the way of the telephone/DSL line and become too slow... Cheers, --Christer On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Rob Ludwick <[email protected]> wrote: > DOCSIS 3.0 will go 100mbps so theoretically Comcast should be able to > offer 25mbps without any issue. They are offering 50mbps service in the > bay area. Unfortunately, I would presume it's still capped at 250GB. > > Speaking of Frontier Fun, did you know Frontier was suing Google over > Google Voice? It's true! > > http://dockets.justia.com/docket/delaware/dedce/1:2010cv00545/44418/ > > Google has filed a counterclaim against Frontier, unfortunately, it's > not up on PACER yet. > > On Sat, 2011-01-22 at 14:43 -0500, Travis Paul wrote: >> Is there another ISP that can deliver FIOS speeds? I use hulu and >> vimeo for video entertainment, I haven't owned a tv in several years >> but the 64bit Adobe linux plugins are not great. >> >> > On Jan 22, 2011 2:25 PM, "Rob Ludwick" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Did anyone else get the notice that Frontier TV was going up $30 per >> > month? That happened after they said last year: "Nothing will >> > change for FIOS customers.... Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha." >> > (Maniacal >> > laughter added by me for dramatic effect). >> > >> > However, if you move to DirectTV you get 1) a Free 32" TV and 2) >> > Free >> > DirecTV for the rest of the year. I'm sure the equipment fees are >> > similar. >> > >> > The good news is they basically broke the contractual agreement I >> > had >> > with them, meaning I don't have to pay the ETF anymore. The bad >> > news >> > is that this seems like a step backwards for Fort Wayne, since it >> > removes the highest quality delivery of service. >> > >> > My understanding is that they are going to push DSL (!) instead of >> > FIOS >> > internet too. This means that FIOS internet may be next on the >> > chopping >> > block. >> > >> > A couple of questions for the LUG. >> > >> > Is Comcast still compressing the heck out of HD signals to give a >> > less >> > than stellar HD signal? (Do you care?) >> > >> > How's DirectTV or Dish Satellite service for HD these days? >> > >> > And who has cut the cable and gone with hulu/netflix completely now? >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Fwlug mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >> > >> > This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please >> > keep this in mind before posting. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fwlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >> >> This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep this >> in mind before posting. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Fwlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org > > This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep this > in mind before posting. > > > _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep this in mind before posting.
