Why Comcast won’t be in the ISP business in two years
Today, by special delivery, I got notice that FIOS is available at my house.
I called Comcast and asked how they were going to match this offer. They offered me $29.95/mo. for 6 months.
Now, because of my unique situation (i.e., requiring a semi-permamnent IP address to allow people to access my servers), I may be stuck with Comcast, because Verizon uses the much smarter random release on DHCP addresses.
But for 97% of the Web-surfing public, FIOS will be the cat’s meow. And that the the flow of customers from Comcast will become a flood. A cable company that continues to think like a cable company in this new world will look like Bethlehem Steel in 3 years…or less.
I have a good friend who is a senior network engineer at Comcast; I hope he is looking for a new job.
I recently left Comcast. I didn’t have the issues you are talking about but … they advertise 6MB speeds which may be true BUT my cable modem was out as often as my cable TV (Often). If it runs at 6MBs when operational but only operational 50% of the time that doesn’t work for me. I’d rather have DSL that’s 50% as fast but up 100%.
That’s my two-cents!!!
Scott
Scott Jones
August 11 2005 at 17:38
That’s my two-cents!!!Scott
Scott Jones
August 11 2005 at 17:38
May I suggest a service like dyndns.
Or get a cheap hosting account somewhere, and rsync your changes upstream.
wildmist @ toronto
wildmist
August 24 2005 at 02:14
May I suggest a service like dyndns.Or get a cheap hosting account somewhere, and rsync your changes upstream.wildmist @ toronto
wildmist
August 24 2005 at 02:14
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