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RE: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years?
From: "Harold A. Mackey" <mackey () musc edu>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 14:49:50 -0400
I spent many happy years on Comcast, during which time they offered $25 dollar specials every so often, but it always creeped back up to $40. Bellsouth adsl seems to be no different in quality and service. I think they are all quite aware of the 'going price', and do not intend to kill that goose, at least not down here. Thanks, Harold -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu] On Behalf Of Adam Jacob Muller Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 2:33 PM To: Matt Bazan Cc: nanog () nanog org Subject: Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? It's simple, A DSL provider like speakeasy offers much more to a technical user like myself than Comcast does, plus they have an incentive to keep me happy, if i'm not i can leave and go with a competitor, comcast does, and has on many occasions, simply told me to go f*ck myself when i have service issues. (Sorry your modem died sir, the next we can get a tech out to your place is 2 weeks, when i don't need a tech I know what it means when a modem has a failure code). The fact is, DSL is a competitive market, Cable is not, competitive markets keep customers happy, monopolies anger people. Adam On May 11, 2005, at 2:08 PM, Matt Bazan wrote:
why in the world would anyone want to purchase dsl from a private reseller when i can get 4mb down 384 up from comcast for $25? think you dsl resellers out there are doomed. in fact, just a matter of time before most of you isps are down the toilet. im reminded of the mom and pop grocery store phenomenon that has now been replaced by the kohls, a&p, whole foods etc. of course there will always be niche markets but this is less applicable for a pure commodity like bandwidth. yeah, i suppose you'll say something about value added services and such and you may have a point but i doubt that will keep the ship afloat for long. !DSPAM:42824b1926542573616784!
Current thread:
- what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Matt Bazan (May 11)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Adam Jacob Muller (May 11)
- RE: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Harold A. Mackey (May 11)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Adam McKenna (May 11)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Bruce Pinsky (May 11)
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- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Jay R. Ashworth (May 11)
- RE: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Harold A. Mackey (May 11)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Sam Hayes Merritt, III (May 11)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Adam Jacob Muller (May 11)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Jim Popovitch (May 11)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Crist Clark (May 11)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Bob Martin (May 11)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Gary E. Miller (May 11)
- RE: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Shane Owens (May 11)
- Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years? Brian Russo (May 12)