Comments on: Could This Be the End of the Telecom Bust? http://gigaom.com/2005/09/06/could-this-be-the-end-of-the-telecom-bust/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:25:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Om Malik’s Broadband Blog — » Are Bandwidth Mergers Enough? http://gigaom.com/2005/09/06/could-this-be-the-end-of-the-telecom-bust/#comment-107307 Wed, 02 Nov 2005 01:19:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/06/could-this-be-the-end-of-the-telecom-bust/#comment-107307 [...] I have written in recent months that the bandwidth prices have stabilized a tad, and demand from new fangled services like iTunes is increasing. I might have been premature in my prognosis, some smart insiders in the wholesale business tell me. Instead, they think it is a calm during the storm. There are still too many bandwidth providers in the market, at a time when large bandwidth consumers like Comcast, Verizon, SBC and Qwest are building their own infrastructure. I see there is room for maybe one or two more wholesale providers in this market. [...]

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2005/09/06/could-this-be-the-end-of-the-telecom-bust/#comment-107306 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 02:04:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/06/could-this-be-the-end-of-the-telecom-bust/#comment-107306 those are two different kind of offerings – corporate and residential – koreans are getting 100 megs – maybe if taken into account peak possible speed etc. just slightly different than what we have here.

]]> By: brian http://gigaom.com/2005/09/06/could-this-be-the-end-of-the-telecom-bust/#comment-107305 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 01:02:16 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/06/could-this-be-the-end-of-the-telecom-bust/#comment-107305 correction-the KT price is per month.

]]> By: brian http://gigaom.com/2005/09/06/could-this-be-the-end-of-the-telecom-bust/#comment-107304 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 01:01:39 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/09/06/could-this-be-the-end-of-the-telecom-bust/#comment-107304 From the article it quotes a $1000/mo. price for 100Mbs line from Cogent. I checked how much a 100Mbs (DL/UL) line costs from Korea Telecom (Megapass Ntopia). A 3-year contract costs 30,600 won (no contract @ 36,000 won). Priced in US dollars it is just $29.81!!! (3-year)

IOW, prices need to fall by 97% in the US to equal what you can get in Korea today. So I hope prices don’t stabilize, but with the cable/teleco duolopy I don’t expect a 100Mbs connection for that cheap a price until at least 2020.

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