[ale] [OT] Fewer DSL providers?

[Geoffrey]

It's not going to happen that way.  First of all, the small players who 
purchase services from BS can't afford to invest in the infrastructure. 
  Covad can't either.  Bellsouth has too much of a headstart.  They can 
under price everyone since their infrastructure's already there.

We'll see  how it pans out.  Point is, what will happen is, BellSouth 
can now charge the small guy, like Speedfactory more for their services. 
   Speedfactory will in turn have to recoup those funds somehow.  The 
only way is to pass it on to the customer.  We've already seen they're 
having a hard time competing with BS on price.  How is Speedfactory 
going to invest in an infrastructure, when their existing income is 
depleted?

cfowler wrote:
> I'm not sure if I totally agree.  I'm allready paying extra for a solid pipe
> with the features I want.  If this move forces the others like Covad to invest
> in more equipment then maybe it will be good for us.  If the small providers
> offer services the BellSouth do not offer then it is possible they'll make it.
>  But they just have to fork out some more cash now in order to build up the
> infastructure for those new features.  Who knows maybe we'll get broadband
> like Korea.  I could use faster upload speeds.
> 
> 
> On 12/31/1969, "Geoffrey" <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I posted about this earlier.  I agree, you will see the alternative isps
>>start to drop...
>>
>>Calvin Harrigan wrote:
>>
>>>http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/030220/telecoms_fcc_broadband_1.html
>>>
>>>According to this link from slashdot, the discussions that have been
>>>going on recently on the list about choosing dsl providers may all be
>>>moot.
>>>
>>>
>>>Calvin
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