Comments on: Bell Canada’s Fiber Moves To Montreal http://gigaom.com/2006/07/05/bell-canadas-fiber-moves-to-montreal/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Optimax: 16 Megs down - but only 1 meg up and a cap at 80 GB. « mattroberts.com http://gigaom.com/2006/07/05/bell-canadas-fiber-moves-to-montreal/#comment-56135 Optimax: 16 Megs down - but only 1 meg up and a cap at 80 GB. « mattroberts.com Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:07:59 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/05/bell-canadas-fiber-moves-to-montreal/#comment-56135 <p>[...] Now north of the Border Caps are used on all systems (yes even Cable) this is just common sense. Om Malik’s view that this is what the U.S. Net un-neutral future may look like it is way off. How are bandwidth caps un-neutral? The IP traffic is not metered [...]</p> [...] Now north of the Border Caps are used on all systems (yes even Cable) this is just common sense. Om Malik’s view that this is what the U.S. Net un-neutral future may look like it is way off. How are bandwidth caps un-neutral? The IP traffic is not metered [...]

]]> By: Mark Evans http://gigaom.com/2006/07/05/bell-canadas-fiber-moves-to-montreal/#comment-56133 Mark Evans Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:44:47 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/05/bell-canadas-fiber-moves-to-montreal/#comment-56133 <p>om, optimax is being rolled out initially in montreal where bell is facing stiff competition from videotron, a cableco, that has attracted more than 200K cable customers since feb. 2005. the 16MB "guaranteed" connection (bell spent a lot of time stressing the guaranteed part) is part of bell's $1-billion network upgrade so it can offer high bandwidth services such as IP-TV. this has seen bell move fiber closer to the curb (1KM, or .62 miles) from the CO. bell believes it can compete against the cablecos with FTTN rather than FTTC but the jury is still out on that one. in terms of how optimax is priced, if you sign a two-year contract, you get the $100 modem fee waived.</p> om, optimax is being rolled out initially in montreal where bell is facing stiff competition from videotron, a cableco, that has attracted more than 200K cable customers since feb. 2005. the 16MB “guaranteed” connection (bell spent a lot of time stressing the guaranteed part) is part of bell’s $1-billion network upgrade so it can offer high bandwidth services such as IP-TV. this has seen bell move fiber closer to the curb (1KM, or .62 miles) from the CO. bell believes it can compete against the cablecos with FTTN rather than FTTC but the jury is still out on that one. in terms of how optimax is priced, if you sign a two-year contract, you get the $100 modem fee waived.

]]> By: Matt Roberts http://gigaom.com/2006/07/05/bell-canadas-fiber-moves-to-montreal/#comment-56130 Matt Roberts Thu, 06 Jul 2006 16:07:29 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/05/bell-canadas-fiber-moves-to-montreal/#comment-56130 <p>Jon Arnold has a great post on this topic.</p> <p>http://blogs.pulver.com/jarnold/archives/2006/07/bell<em>launches</em>o.html</p> <p>Mark hasn't gotten around to posting on it.</p> Jon Arnold has a great post on this topic.

http://blogs.pulver.com/jarnold/archives/2006/07/belllauncheso.html

Mark hasn’t gotten around to posting on it.

]]> By: Bob http://gigaom.com/2006/07/05/bell-canadas-fiber-moves-to-montreal/#comment-56128 Bob Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:14:12 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/05/bell-canadas-fiber-moves-to-montreal/#comment-56128 <p>It is ADSL2.</p> It is ADSL2.

]]> By: Herman http://gigaom.com/2006/07/05/bell-canadas-fiber-moves-to-montreal/#comment-56126 Herman Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:05:40 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/05/bell-canadas-fiber-moves-to-montreal/#comment-56126 <p>Seems more like creative PR. Specs of 16/10 down and 1 up, dependent on local situation package and speeds may "differ"(means less): smells like ADSL2 .</p> Seems more like creative PR. Specs of 16/10 down and 1 up, dependent on local situation package and speeds may “differ”(means less): smells like ADSL2 .

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