> Interesting. I guess they wised up :-) > Their is no doubt they had the cross subsidee to fund it, and volume to > support it. > > So the next question is... is it a good enough offering, that ISPs will > trade one Monopoly (RBOC) for the other (Cable)? > I can hear the questions now at the sales table... "Mr ISP, so you use > Comcast transit, hmmm... then how come I'm considering your third party
Its not much different then using AT&T, Qwest, MCI or other bandwidth. They all sell DSL, etc. Matt > service, when Comcast send me a flyer last week for half the price to go > direct?" I can hear the MTU Landlord negotiations now... "My tenants are > demanding Comcast, and won't sign the lease till the get it, because they > say that it is the best. Should we continue partnering with you, or let > Comcast in? What... you said you use Comcast as your primary transit > provider also? Mmmm, maybe the tenant is right?" I can hear the FCC > meetings now.... "Ohh so the Open access strategies are working well to > serve WISP's needs. Guess we should give Comcast what they want, Duopoly is > A-Ok." . > > I think its great that Comcast is opening up and offering wholesale > services. However, it could be a risky proposition long term for the > independent Industry. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 8:16 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Comcast Bandwidth > > >> Comcast made a splash last year in the wholesale world. First, they placed >> the biggest order of Cisco CRS-1s. Then they interconnected every city >> they are in with OC256 links over their own fiber. Then they started >> peering and worked a deal with Equnix direct to sell wholesale transit. >> They only sell full commit GigE and 10GigE ports, but the price is right >> and the performance is awesome. This is what happens when a company builds >> a modern network without legacy concerns AND has a lot of money. >> >> BTW, you might have missed that Comcast is actually a pretty major content >> company. They own E!, Style, Golf Channel, G4, various sports channels, >> the 76ers, the flyers, and several other content producers I can't think >> of. While those properties may be content in the traditional sense as >> opposed to the web sense; Comcast is a big enough deal to leverage this >> situation as they enter new markets such as wholesale internet. >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
