And the telecoms even positioned it just like we thought they would - premiums for priority access.
That doesn't bode well for folks who would use run of the mill non-premium access, would it? Wouldn't you think that natural market forces would keep non-premium access at pretty much the same speed while speed and bandwidth would increase on the premium side? How long before the non-premium access completely drops out of the picture?
A nearly perfect analogy would be a comparison between broadcast television and cable television. What sorts of innovations have we seen on the broadcast side in the past 25 years? And how many on the cable side, now that consumers are paying to have the signal piped directly into the home? How many people could put up with rabbit ears today?
It disgusts me that people can't see this bullshit coming a mile away.
Posted by THespos at February 27, 2006 01:56 PM | TrackBackBS for sure. First off, my understanding is that there is still oodles and oodles of cheap, untapped bandwidth left over from the 90's telco buildout (remember global crossing) so the idea that the telcos need to build out more copper or fiber appears to be a dodge. Besides aren't they able to double and triple capacity on fiber just by tweaking spectrum?
Second, how dumb is it to single out Google or Yahoo or any other high traffic site -- these sites are the honey that attract the flies. Without a compelling reason to go online most people would be happy to stick with dial up. I hope this is only a trial ballon...which eventually gets shot down.
Posted by: james at February 28, 2006 12:37 AM
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