On this I am wondering what the user market would chose with an offer from a DSL provider of a guaranteed bandwidth purchase with a contention based cap on max speed. For example DSL sold with a guaranteed bandwidth availability of 256K (or 512K, 768K etc based on 256K increments) with a "up to" maximum of 7-10Mbps. Would the typical user understand the difference between this the standard Comcast marketing of "up to" speeds without any service guarantee? Shane
It won't be long before the telco's respond by offering DSL at the same speed/price. I've heard (but don't *know*) that SBC is selling 6 down and 1 up in >Houston and Dallas for $35.
We're doing a fair business selling accelerated dial up for $15. Its surprising how many folks don't want broadband. You don't need 4mb down to read your email. And once you get outside of the city limits there's a good sized market that can't get any type of broadband, especially cable.
We may decline some, but I don't think that ISP's are going away anytime soon.
Bob Martin