the price of internet access will come down with competition
some of you who changed to another ISP did so because you had options
the cable companies have been allowed to have monopoly control
allowed by our community leaders
if that doesn't change then we will see caps and other charges to squeeze us
deregulate and allow the last mile to be handled by others
the market it dying for options
i could get dsl but wind stream has such a poor customer service and crap infrastructure that 6mb down becomes
.05mb down after 6pm
i understand there must be incentives to build this stuff but i would think a robust company would do this
i hope ? gets into satellites or airships to provide internet
and rural access is miserable don't know how kids do their homework
we have been controlled by these monopolies and somehow must change it or will be back at $150 month regardless
i don't hold out much hope for options especially smaller cities and rural (which i live in)
my school which is near the center of town had dsl 24/6 but the connection was so terrible the IT guys got tired of reseting and rebooting the modem couldn't keep any classrooms up so they went to cable 50/5
USA has about 350 million people. Maybe 40-50 million watch TV, more for sports.
What do the rest know that you don't?
You are a little off on your facts there. You might want to consider doing a quick look with a search engine for some details before you post. US has about 123M households (as of 2013), and about 100M households have a Pay-TV subscription of some kind. The penetration rate is declining, but still as you can see in the 80% range.
$30-$40 for 20 channels + $40 internet = $80 a month
Low level cable + 3 HD-DVR boxes + internet = $140 a month
Not in the US and can't get Sling TV, so serious question. Does it include a network/cloud based DVR service for that price, or for an incremental fee? Can you watch programs on-demand for a few days afterwards (often called "catchup TV").
You are making ZERO sense. So you are saying you want cable TV WITHOUT an internet connection or cable line? How the HELL is that possible.
Talk about zero sense. Your post is completely incoherent. What I meant and reiterated several times is that, I, like most people in the US, get my broadband from my cable TV company. Had you bothered to read the part about the last mile being the difficult part of Apple becoming a TV service you might have understood what I was talking about.
My mistake. I meant cable TV company. Split hairs much? I guess it was too difficult for you to discern what I meant with my reference to the "last mile."
Not only me. Sog also had the same response to your message.
BTW, not only "cable TV" company provides broadband, but telephone companies and other non-cable companies too: ATT, Verizon, Google.... Again, someone just doesn't seem to get one thing correct.
Exactly. I would like to see Apple put in fiber just like Google is doing except make it only for Apple devices.
Building fibre to the home (FTTH) is extremely expensive (involves digging trenches and/or stringing fibre on poles), and as noted above, depends on getting the associated rights of way. There is a reason that Verizon stopped adding areas to its FiOS service - the "return on investment" wasn't there for more markets. What most Telco service providers are doing is adding FTTH to new build areas, and slow rolling out upgrading existing areas. Many are still investing in upgrading their copper lines with VDSL, which is much less expensive for existing areas.
What Google is doing is trying to spur the existing service providers to invest, which has in fact worked out. Existing service providers (cable and Telco), in the markets where Google Fiber has launched, have invested heavily into broadband and increased speeds. Google's motivation is essentially, the higher the broadband speeds, the more time spent online and thus using Google services, and the more advertising money they make. Apple doesn't have such a business model.
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How about: stop watching TV altogether?
USA has about 350 million people. Maybe 40-50 million watch TV, more for sports.
What do the rest know that you don't?
the price of internet access will come down with competition
some of you who changed to another ISP did so because you had options
the cable companies have been allowed to have monopoly control
allowed by our community leaders
if that doesn't change then we will see caps and other charges to squeeze us
deregulate and allow the last mile to be handled by others
the market it dying for options
i could get dsl but wind stream has such a poor customer service and crap infrastructure that 6mb down becomes
.05mb down after 6pm
i understand there must be incentives to build this stuff but i would think a robust company would do this
i hope ? gets into satellites or airships to provide internet
and rural access is miserable don't know how kids do their homework
we have been controlled by these monopolies and somehow must change it or will be back at $150 month regardless
i don't hold out much hope for options especially smaller cities and rural (which i live in)
my school which is near the center of town had dsl 24/6 but the connection was so terrible the IT guys got tired of reseting and rebooting the modem couldn't keep any classrooms up so they went to cable 50/5
How about: stop watching TV altogether?
USA has about 350 million people. Maybe 40-50 million watch TV, more for sports.
What do the rest know that you don't?
You are a little off on your facts there. You might want to consider doing a quick look with a search engine for some details before you post. US has about 123M households (as of 2013), and about 100M households have a Pay-TV subscription of some kind. The penetration rate is declining, but still as you can see in the 80% range.
http://www.ooyala.com/videomind/blog/report-pay-tv-penetration-numbers-continue-decline-us
The percentage of households with a TV is around 96% (Wikipedia).
Just look at the pricing for SlingTV for dish.
$30-$40 for 20 channels + $40 internet = $80 a month
Low level cable + 3 HD-DVR boxes + internet = $140 a month
Not in the US and can't get Sling TV, so serious question. Does it include a network/cloud based DVR service for that price, or for an incremental fee? Can you watch programs on-demand for a few days afterwards (often called "catchup TV").
You are making ZERO sense. So you are saying you want cable TV WITHOUT an internet connection or cable line? How the HELL is that possible.
Talk about zero sense. Your post is completely incoherent. What I meant and reiterated several times is that, I, like most people in the US, get my broadband from my cable TV company. Had you bothered to read the part about the last mile being the difficult part of Apple becoming a TV service you might have understood what I was talking about.
So WTF do you want? Apple to buy the cable lines?
Exactly. I would like to see Apple put in fiber just like Google is doing except make it only for Apple devices.
My mistake. I meant cable TV company. Split hairs much? I guess it was too difficult for you to discern what I meant with my reference to the "last mile."
Not only me. Sog also had the same response to your message.
BTW, not only "cable TV" company provides broadband, but telephone companies and other non-cable companies too: ATT, Verizon, Google.... Again, someone just doesn't seem to get one thing correct.
They would never get the permissions needed.
Exactly. I would like to see Apple put in fiber just like Google is doing except make it only for Apple devices.
Building fibre to the home (FTTH) is extremely expensive (involves digging trenches and/or stringing fibre on poles), and as noted above, depends on getting the associated rights of way. There is a reason that Verizon stopped adding areas to its FiOS service - the "return on investment" wasn't there for more markets. What most Telco service providers are doing is adding FTTH to new build areas, and slow rolling out upgrading existing areas. Many are still investing in upgrading their copper lines with VDSL, which is much less expensive for existing areas.
What Google is doing is trying to spur the existing service providers to invest, which has in fact worked out. Existing service providers (cable and Telco), in the markets where Google Fiber has launched, have invested heavily into broadband and increased speeds. Google's motivation is essentially, the higher the broadband speeds, the more time spent online and thus using Google services, and the more advertising money they make. Apple doesn't have such a business model.