Peter R. wrote:
Mike Hammett wrote:
3 mbit is not fast. The US IS behind other countries, there's no
point in whining about it. Yes, there are very substantial reasons
why our numbers don't look as good as theirs, but there's no need to
skew the system to make us look better... just solve the problem.
Fixed wireless is broadband. WIFI hotspots, cell phones, etc. are
not broadband (maybe the cell broadband cards). The reason our
numbers are climbing is because this has been a problem for some time
and we're working on fixing it. It takes a lot to change things like
that for the third most populous country in the world.
Perhaps it should be measured per household and not per capita, I dunno.
The reason why there's less competition elsewhere is because what is
present is doing a good enough job! Their telcos have delivered 15
meg DSL for years, while ours don't yet offer it. That's why cable
is taking on so well here. It surely isn't because anything
connected to Comcast has a good price point (DSL and satellite TV are
both better values).
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
If they change the definition to 1MB, EVDO won't count and neither
will IDSL and DSL Lite. The numbers of BB users in the stats will drop
- the telcos will look like they have very few BB subs since about
10-20% buy Lite (depending who you believe). So the FCC will never
voluntarily change the definition.
BTW, in countries with deep BB penetration, the regulators are TOUGH -
as in the FCC Chairman does not have Ivan and Ed's hands up his butt
so he can talk like Charlie McCarthy.
But ALL of that is beside the point. End of the day, YOU guys have to
find, acquire and retain profitable customers. No matter what the
regulatory or competitive environment looks like.
- Peter @ RAD-INFO, Inc.
I know it has been brought up before, but I'll bring it up again, the
majority of my customers are plenty happy at <1mbit service. How do I
know this? The upgrade is only $10/month to go from 380K to 2M on my
system, but less than 10% of my customers have opted for the higher cost
plan ($40/mo instead of $30/mo). In fact if I remove business accounts
from the equation then less that 5% opt for the 2 meg plan.
What is even more telling is that 15% of my customer base is unwilling
to pay $5/month more to upgrade from 128K to 380K
Are we ranked so low because we actually only provide service that is
requested by our customers instead of over providing? I wonder of the
14 other countries above us if their consumers were given the ability to
halve their ISP bill for half the speed if they would be willing to
still pay the higher rate.
Sam Tetherow
Sandhills Wireless
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