Comments on: Competition Breeds Lower Broadband Prices

By: The Rich Get Richer: Verizon Ups FiOS to 150 Mbps: Tech News «

The Rich Get Richer: Verizon Ups FiOS to 150 Mbps: Tech News « — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:43:17 +0000

[...] of the fastest provider, the speed of broadband connections isn’t rising as quickly and the costs aren’t going down. Sure, mobile Internet is the future, but wireline broadband is the platform on which mobile has to [...]

By: FUD Alert: Utah Taxpayers Association Continues to Bend and Cherry-Pick the Truth » Free UTOPIA!

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:45:27 +0000

[...] that it’s not theory. It’s stone-cold fact that the presence of additional providers lowers pricing. When cities build and operate their own golf courses, they are subsidizing one recreational [...]

By: kgpl2009

kgpl2009 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:43:59 +0000

The Obama Administration and Congress have displayed their commitment to assisting with the deployment of broadband connectivity and job stimulation across the U.S. with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Although delayed, a $7.2 billion Broadband Stimulus bubble is coming.

This is a huge bubble compared to the amount of capital spent since the dot.com days. So, once RUS and NTIA approve specific applications for Broadband Stimulus Loans/Grants, projects will need to be started quickly and completed within 24 months. How will carriers make sure they have timely access to all of the products you will need to keep your project on schedule?

http://kgpl2009.wordpress.com/

By: Brett Glass

Brett Glass — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:25:22 +0000

Prices are affected far more by “middle mile” pricing and competition than they are by “last mile” competition. If bandwidth is expensive, ISPs must charge more. This is where action on “special access,” by Congress and the FCC, could do quite a lot for consumers.

By: Congress wants to stop metered Internet, but it’s putting effort into the wrong end of the problem » Free UTOPIA!

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:27:57 +0000

[...] to another service. Once there’s some more competitive pressure, we’ll see those prices drop like a rock. In fact, markets with 4 service providers have prices that average about 25% less than markets [...]

By: V

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:57:56 +0000

Does AT&T U-verse count as Fiber or DSL?

Technically, it is DSL as the architecture is FTTN, but AT&T obviously advertises it as Fiber based.

It would be interesting to know if the customers responded with the name of their broadband provider and the pollster interpreted the category or if the customer himself/herself provided the broadband category.

By: Fazal Majid

Fazal Majid — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:55:13 +0000

Your graph flunks the Tufte chartjunk test and is misleading (the failt is with iWork’s Numbers’ defaults, of course, but they can be overriden). The origin of the graph should be at zero, not $30. It makes it look as if having more broadband options can slash your budget by close to 100% when the real savings is a more modest 30% or so.