RE: [isp-bandwidth] Om Malik supports throttling, gets flamed

["Robert - elists" <lists07@...>]

> 
> Internet's internet the only difference here is features.  A 16 meg Pipe
> from Comcast though delivers the same 16 megs as a dsl 2+ loop from
> another
> carrier.  Granted I may have a different SLA, certainly the extra options
> you mentioned and more delivery technologies but IP is IP whether it's
> handed to me at a data center or over a Coax.
> 

Scott

I read and passed over this, then it hit me.

No, technically they are not the same.

There are several issues.

Latency is one and heavy gamers don't like it.

Two, are we just thinking that one "number" size fits all?

I don't, I send people away knowing that I cannot deliver to them what they
want over DSL.

Sometimes I say, try DSL and change if it doesn't meet your needs, yet I
wont lie to them and sell them something we cannot deliver over DSL.

We deliver consistent reliable network access and speed.

And again, to me, residential internet is kinda like popcorn. Sell as much
as you can without lying to the consumer.

We charge for handholding. 

Now, the question is, does the industry in general think that the consumer
is stupid, and sell to that?

or, is it just plain stupid how the industry has marketed to the consumer
and now the smaller network orgs are stuck needing to look like the big guys
that own their own unlimited potential last mile networks?

 - rh






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