[80749] in North American Network Operators' Group
FW: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Bazan)
Wed May 11 15:13:51 2005
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 12:13:23 -0700
From: "Matt Bazan" <Mbazan@onelegal.com>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
yep, bryan brings up a good point too. looks like the private dsl
reseller ship will soon be taking on more water and floundering yet
further.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Battle [mailto:brian@confluence.com]=20
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 11:32 AM
To: Matt Bazan
Subject: RE: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a
few years?
You forgot to mention Verizon's Fios (fiber to the house) which will
definitely put smaller dsl resellers out of business, unless Verizon
gives them access to resell that as well. 15Mbs/2Mbs for $49.95 is
going to make even the cable operators scramble to increase bandwidth to
maintain customers.
-----Original Message-----=20
From: Matt Bazan [mailto:Mbazan@onelegal.com]=20
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 2:09 PM=20
To: nanog@nanog.org=20
Subject: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few=20
years?=20
why in the world would anyone want to purchase dsl from a private=20
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=20
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pop grocery store phenomenon that has now been replaced by the kohls,=20
a&p, whole foods etc. of course there will always be niche markets but=20
this is less applicable for a pure commodity like bandwidth. yeah, i=20
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.=20
