[80748] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Martin)
Wed May 11 15:10:01 2005
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 14:07:47 -0500
From: Bob Martin <bob@buckhorn.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <C20551D859616F44BA07225CDA9DF5A16AF255@dc-mail.onelegal.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
It won't be long before the telco's respond by offering DSL at the same
speed/price. I've heard (but don't *know*) that SBC is selling 6 down
and 1 up in Houston and Dallas for $35.
We're doing a fair business selling accelerated dial up for $15. Its
surprising how many folks don't want broadband. You don't need 4mb down
to read your email. And once you get outside of the city limits there's
a good sized market that can't get any type of broadband, especially cable.
We may decline some, but I don't think that ISP's are going away anytime
soon.
Bob Martin
Matt Bazan wrote:
> why in the world would anyone want to purchase dsl from a private
> reseller when i can get 4mb down 384 up from comcast for $25? think you
> dsl resellers out there are doomed. in fact, just a matter of time
> before most of you isps are down the toilet. im reminded of the mom and
> pop grocery store phenomenon that has now been replaced by the kohls,
> a&p, whole foods etc. of course there will always be niche markets but
> this is less applicable for a pure commodity like bandwidth. yeah, i
> suppose you'll say something about value added services and such and you
> may have a point but i doubt that will keep the ship afloat for long.
