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By: Houston Internet Companies

Houston Internet Companies — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:25:45 +0000

What I have noticed is that Comcast Cable is accepted and enjoyed by most people because they are not locked into a contract and the speeds are generally faster then DSL. The fact that there is no contract is very attractive to me because it allows you to try out the service. ATT DSL is always pushing a contract on you which turns many people off.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:12:56 +0000

Actually, this is good for the consumers. Slow downs mean cheaper prices and more competition. The same scenario is happening here in the UK. Like any other business, the fittest will survive. There is nothing wrong from a consumers point of view that cable companies are able to offer triple deals or even quadruple ones like Virgin Media does in the UK.

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By: Austin

Austin — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 23:16:44 +0000

Hmm, perhaps if they would have actually reached out to rural communities full of people dying to get ANY broadband, they would have had more growth and revenue, but no, we're just too dumb and redneck for that fancy internet.

By: desertviking

desertviking — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:09:47 +0000

Maybe more consumers are going the mobile card route? I bought a new house, but didn't put in a landline nor broadband, I just bought a Sprint mobile card. It is not as fast yet, but its nice that I can use it anywhere. $60 a month...How are the numbers for that segment?

By: cool tidbits

cool tidbits — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:18:49 +0000

I would say at this point everyone interested in being online already is.
Remember in March a survey was released stating that nearly a third of Americans were not interested in getting internet access at home.
At some point (possibly now?) there will be a saturation when it will be very difficult to add any more households to the list of internet subscribers for the reasons listed in the survey.
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN2323460320070326

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:39:50 +0000

FiOS seems to be growing at a pretty rampant rate though.

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TechBlog — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:49:36 +0000

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By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:25:22 +0000

Until the government starts treating broadband like the utility it should be and embarks on a program to upgrade everyone to 100MbS speed, this will be a limiting factor to our economy's growth. Other countries with ubiquitous high-speed broadband at low prices will innovate next-generation Internet services at a higher rate and eclipse America's leadership position.

By: chuck

chuck — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:57:20 +0000

Maybe everyone who can afford BB already has BB. You can't have infinite growth in a finite system, people. Sheesh.

By: John Scott

John Scott — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:34:22 +0000

Price is still a problem for many. Plus, coverage in rual America is not very good. Cable companies are not expanding into smaller communities. In Europe wireless local networks located at local businesses and providing service for surounding area's is very popular. But, in the US everything has to be done big. DSL here is limited by design. So unless we embrace wireless technologies for the folks in the boonies. They will not have broadband.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:23:06 +0000

i would subscribe if they'd put it in my area how bout instead of screwing around with this crap how bout they try a new way to get more subscribers such as going to areas that don't have highspeed internet and putting some in

By: 10668844

10668844 — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:39:46 +0000

Could this also be a slowdown in Internet adoption. The recent boom has been significant, with people who were on dial up now able to surf high speed, and many who were not on the net at all, now surfing high speed. From the sounds of the numbers posted, the high speed adoption rate over the past number of years has been significant. Are we simply running short of people who feel the need to be on the net right now? The late late adopters.

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By: Sandeep Sahai

Sandeep Sahai — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:15:22 +0000

I guess phone company would see major drop in new subsrciber for High speed for the simple reason that cable would provide better speed and more service. For example Digital phone service is one of the main factor which would drive new customer to go to Cable company. Again directly or indirectly it is VOIP which is hurting or perhaps redefining the whole Telecom industry. So my take is this is the start of new era...