Comments on: For Verizon, Wireless & Fiber Work http://gigaom.com/2006/10/30/for-verizon-wireless-fiber-work/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Get a Free RAZR http://gigaom.com/2006/10/30/for-verizon-wireless-fiber-work/#comment-71251 Get a Free RAZR Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:42:10 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/30/for-verizon-wireless-fiber-work/#comment-71251 <p>i got a free razr from this website and thought i would share :-)</p> i got a free razr from this website and thought i would share :-)

]]> By: John Thacker http://gigaom.com/2006/10/30/for-verizon-wireless-fiber-work/#comment-71250 John Thacker Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:49:49 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/30/for-verizon-wireless-fiber-work/#comment-71250 <p>Well, of course <em>Verizon's</em> DSL adds are going to slow down. FiOS has to be cannibalizing some of their DSL lines; I can't imagine too many people choosing DSL over FiOS if they have an option of both.</p> <p>But, yeah, the overall numbers for Verizon versus the telco guys without fiber seem to be backing Verizon's strategy. Cheap DSL seems to have hit a bit of a wall in converting dialup customers over. (Despite there being a HUGE pool of dialup users left in the USA.) It seems like more speed is necessary in order to get subscriptions right now, rather than the "barely broadband for dialup prices" DSL plans that were so successful in netting customers the last few years.</p> Well, of course Verizon’s DSL adds are going to slow down. FiOS has to be cannibalizing some of their DSL lines; I can’t imagine too many people choosing DSL over FiOS if they have an option of both.

But, yeah, the overall numbers for Verizon versus the telco guys without fiber seem to be backing Verizon’s strategy. Cheap DSL seems to have hit a bit of a wall in converting dialup customers over. (Despite there being a HUGE pool of dialup users left in the USA.) It seems like more speed is necessary in order to get subscriptions right now, rather than the “barely broadband for dialup prices” DSL plans that were so successful in netting customers the last few years.

]]> By: JMac http://gigaom.com/2006/10/30/for-verizon-wireless-fiber-work/#comment-71249 JMac Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:20:57 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/30/for-verizon-wireless-fiber-work/#comment-71249 <p>Philosophy majors endlessly speculate on trees falling when nobody is around but will anyone so transcendentally predisposed to telco concepts (i.e. net neutrality) care when a Verizon DSL customer makes the jump to fiber? With wireless and FiOS exceeding quarterly expectations and Verizon stock paying out a tidy 4.5% dividend I should think our collective prospects for a fiber loop(or in the least some marketable competition from the cable guys)in the neighborhood just got better.</p> Philosophy majors endlessly speculate on trees falling when nobody is around but will anyone so transcendentally predisposed to telco concepts (i.e. net neutrality) care when a Verizon DSL customer makes the jump to fiber? With wireless and FiOS exceeding quarterly expectations and Verizon stock paying out a tidy 4.5% dividend I should think our collective prospects for a fiber loop(or in the least some marketable competition from the cable guys)in the neighborhood just got better.

]]> By: Dennis Evans http://gigaom.com/2006/10/30/for-verizon-wireless-fiber-work/#comment-71248 Dennis Evans Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:46:43 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/30/for-verizon-wireless-fiber-work/#comment-71248 <p>14 million lines in 14 states is Qwest-ionable</p> 14 million lines in 14 states is Qwest-ionable

]]> By: skibare http://gigaom.com/2006/10/30/for-verizon-wireless-fiber-work/#comment-71247 skibare Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:22:50 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/30/for-verizon-wireless-fiber-work/#comment-71247 <p>HOW long before Verizon just buys Qwest???????? Skibare</p> HOW long before Verizon just buys Qwest???????? Skibare

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