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The problem in the USA is these announcements are more geared to train consumers to accept prices to go up even further on every tier level. However this annou
by ck2 11y ago
The problem in the USA is these announcements are more geared to train consumers to accept prices to go up even further on every tier level.
However this announcement specifically says they don't have to make any infrastructure changes so it will be hard for them to explain price increases.
- brianwawok 11y agoHow could 10x the bandwidth not require backend changes? Would need at least 10 gb to each neighborhood which I doubt they have now.
- e28eta 11y agoYou're assuming they do something else. Isn't it enough to blame slowness on "congestion" and then use it to justify bandwidth caps? "The reason it's slow is your greedy neighbors - we'll charge them more money and then you'll get the speed we promised." Yes, I'm being overly cynical. I do not like Comcast.
- Zigurd 11y agoInfrastructure price-per-bit has been plummeting.
- mschuster91 11y ago> Would need at least 10 gb to each neighborhood which I doubt they have now The backend connectivity is just a matter of exchanging the coax-fibre gateway in the roadside boxes and at the fibre terminator. No need to dig up the streets for that, and in most cases, each roadside box is connected with multiple fibre pairs so additional capacity can be deployed with ease.
- brianwawok 11y agoSure no one said they need to dig up the street. But they do need to make CHANGES.