[GRLUG] Comcast doubles bandwidth at same popular prices.

[Bob Kline]

Uhmm, don't Comcast and others offer
tiered services for just that reason?  Maybe
it makes no sense to you, but as I see it
keeping your "best" customers, which is the
same as those spending the most, happy
means you'd give them first access to new
and nifty things.  Just a guess, and not meant
to start a tangent thread.




On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 7:07 AM, John-Thomas Richards <jtr at jrichards.org>wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:51:21PM -0400, Bob Kline wrote:
> > OK.  Cascade is where the rich people live now, so in a weak sense it
> > stands to reason the rollout would start there.  Maybe what's left of
> > East GR next.
>
> It makes no sense to start there. Rich people don't pay more for their
> connections and Cascade is less densely populated. Comcast doesn't cater
> to the rich; it caters to revenue.
>
> > Otherwise, who can tell what Comcast's rollout schedule is or why.  I
> > know that I'm quite close to a fiber shelf - or so I was told - so
> > maybe they know the line is good for the higher rates and it was quick
> > and dirty to give it a go.
>
> Meh. My Internet speed has long been sufficient.
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