cable modems are being installed twice as fast as DSL. You would think that these would be the good times for @Home.
Well that could infact BE the problem.
my old isp was giving me 400K/sec on a good day when i first signed up, but by adding more and more users, that quickly dwindled to 50K/sec if i was really lucky at 2am. Suffice to say i will never go back to cable unless they guarentee me in writing a specific speed. Sure ADSL isnt capable of going as fast as cable, but in my experience, 180K/sec all the time is better than 400K/sec sometimes.
So probly they're encountering the "expanding too fast" problem, investing too much to support their bloated market, and going under with debt.
in simplistic terms, play monopoly and try to buy all the lots right away and see how long you last.. or take your time and let your competitors buy the lots and see how long you last..
AFAIK, theres isnt any laws here in Canada regulating the prices, as i've heard of broadband costing upwards of $70CA/mo in BC, although i can't confirm that..
I've lived in Quebec and Nova Scotia, and their prices are near the same. But both places had at least 2 HSI servers, with the option of either ADSL with the local sympatico affiliate, or cable with the local cable provider. Couple that with the pomises of satalite access soon, i don't see a monopoly in broadband happening in Canada..
speaking of which, again AFAIK, The gov't DOES regulate monopolys, so if such a case were to happen, the ISP in question would be forced to split into 2 or more competing companys.
and on the final note of price, i've never had to pay more than $40 in any given area for HSI, and if any ISP tried to jack the price, they would only be opening their doors to competition as anyone with the funding could move in and set up an ISP with better prices. And with fair competition laws, the existing ISPs are obligated to rent their lines to competitors.
SO how long till they can take this sniffer of theirs and make it SEEM like my vacation pictures contain terrorist espionage messages? i mean, with the laws of randomality, one *could* find whatever they wanted to see in any random image just by arranging the bits to their tastes.
I mean seriously, i read/. almost religiously 4-5 times a day, and its just getting redundant to hear fud stories like 'Will Open Source Lose the Battle for the Web?' or 'Will linux die?' 'is this the end of the GPL' and so so so many questions and doubts.
I'm just getting tired of hearing so many 'experts' predict the end of something and then watch it prosper for years to come..
Face it people, Software and Stock analysts are the same as weathermen, except less dependable.. The wind shifts and they scream "its a hurricane", well i'll be one to stay calm until my shed blows away, then it will be time to worry...
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cable modems are being installed twice as fast as DSL. You would think that these would be the good times for @Home.
Well that could infact BE the problem.
my old isp was giving me 400K/sec on a good day when i first signed up, but by adding more and more users, that quickly dwindled to 50K/sec if i was really lucky at 2am. Suffice to say i will never go back to cable unless they guarentee me in writing a specific speed. Sure ADSL isnt capable of going as fast as cable, but in my experience, 180K/sec all the time is better than 400K/sec sometimes.
So probly they're encountering the "expanding too fast" problem, investing too much to support their bloated market, and going under with debt.
in simplistic terms, play monopoly and try to buy all the lots right away and see how long you last.. or take your time and let your competitors buy the lots and see how long you last..
AFAIK, theres isnt any laws here in Canada regulating the prices, as i've heard of broadband costing upwards of $70CA/mo in BC, although i can't confirm that..
I've lived in Quebec and Nova Scotia, and their prices are near the same. But both places had at least 2 HSI servers, with the option of either ADSL with the local sympatico affiliate, or cable with the local cable provider. Couple that with the pomises of satalite access soon, i don't see a monopoly in broadband happening in Canada..
speaking of which, again AFAIK, The gov't DOES regulate monopolys, so if such a case were to happen, the ISP in question would be forced to split into 2 or more competing companys.
and on the final note of price, i've never had to pay more than $40 in any given area for HSI, and if any ISP tried to jack the price, they would only be opening their doors to competition as anyone with the funding could move in and set up an ISP with better prices. And with fair competition laws, the existing ISPs are obligated to rent their lines to competitors.
SO how long till they can take this sniffer of theirs and make it SEEM like my vacation pictures contain terrorist espionage messages? i mean, with the laws of randomality, one *could* find whatever they wanted to see in any random image just by arranging the bits to their tastes.
I mean seriously, i read /. almost religiously 4-5 times a day, and its just getting redundant to hear fud stories like 'Will Open Source Lose the Battle for the Web?' or 'Will linux die?' 'is this the end of the GPL' and so so so many questions and doubts.
I'm just getting tired of hearing so many 'experts' predict the end of something and then watch it prosper for years to come..
Face it people, Software and Stock analysts are the same as weathermen, except less dependable.. The wind shifts and they scream "its a hurricane", well i'll be one to stay calm until my shed blows away, then it will be time to worry...