Here's how I see it... Its like the old days when you could see a difference between a PentiumII/90MHz PC and a 120MHz. Now days, if you have a 1.3GHz and a 2.7GHz, you really don't see the difference unless you really stress the system.
Speed is no longer an issue once you're over 3Mbps. The losers that sit there and measure their speed all day are the ones that are wow'd, but other than them... nobody really cares. Example, Verizon is offering $34.95/DSL. They don't tell you that you may get only 768k and someone else might get 1.5M. Its just 34.95. This where I see Comcast making a mistake. They retaliated against the DSL price drop with doubling their speed. In "Marketing 101" you're taught "never give the customer a discount, instead, give them more for their money". I think most people, in this case, just want fast. 1.5M, 3M, who really cares... ya know? In fact, I am seeing many people remaining with us just because the Propel Accelerator makes their web browsing faster. Money, its all about money for most people. The one good thing I've learned is that the first man in usually wins. In other words... to sway a cable customer away it would have to be for good reason. Speed won't do it, price will. === Rick Kosick StarLinX Internet Service ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Love to hate Comcast > Surely wireless has a finite lifespan then. I mean, I'm not convinced it > doesn't have a market against DSL - (unless someone can tell me > otherswise?), because I don't believe you can really can get the speeds - > the DSL products generally seem pretty low speed. But against cable, well - > it seems you are fighting a losing battle? Is this true? It'd be a shame to > see wireless exist soley as a flash in the pan technology :( > > Thanks > > Colin. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe D'Andrea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 5:16 PM > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Love to hate Comcast > > > > At 11:52 AM -0500 11/16/03, Rick Kosick wrote: > > >You may not hate them now... but when your customers start calling you > with: > > > > It's not a question of whether I hate them or not... the point is that the > average consumer, in places where they can get unlimited 'everything', does > not hate them. If you read my post, you'll see that I was responding to > someone who is counting on consumers hating cable and dsl's customer > service. Point is these days, one simply picks up the phone, orders > cable/dsl, the "modem" arrives the next day, it's self-installed, and it > just works. In the "olden days" you could easily sell wireless over DSL > because DSL was just crappy. For lots of markets that is no longer true. > ~joe > > > > > > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > smartBridges <yournickname> > > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe > smartBridges) > > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > > > > > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
