[1st-mile-nm] Verizon & Comcast/Xfinity

[Gillian Densmore]

Hmm com-cast/cox is already in the wired phone business- It seems like it
has a monoply in many markets at cable speeds.

What I don't get is why some smart company hasn't come along to provide at
least 20mbs each way.
When you look at the com-cast speeds they put heavy emphasis on download
speeds of 20mbs down (give or take) but a snails pace up. Do people not
want to have good upload speeds as well? Some of us want to have the option
to have at least  that 20mbs each direction.

What i'm also unclear on is this: it'd seem  easier to get people good
internet acess if the darn copper wasn't a factor some sort of wireless
stunt that'd get at least cable speeds in large areas without having to put
down miles and miles of copper.

Cell towers maybe?

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Gary Gomes <ggomes at soundviewnet.com> wrote:

> Owen,****
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> Unfortunately it is true.  In one of the most egregious regulatory
> sell-outs of the Obama administration, in August of last year the Justice
> Department and the FCC approved a $3.6 Billion deal between Verizon and
> Comcast, Time Warner and Bright house cable companies that you and I will
> be paying for a very long time.****
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> The headline “deal” was for the three cable companies to sell their
> cellular radio frequencies (they had planned to enter the cellular business
> as competitors of Verizon, AT&T , etc.  So for $3.6 Million , Verizon got
> access to additional 700 MHz frequencies that they may or may not  need but
> more importantly,  got rid of three potential competitors.  That wasn’t
> enough for the Cable companies though (if Verizon was to get rid of
> potential major competitors, so should they(m so they included an
>  agreement for the companies to “cross-sell” each other’s service.****
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> To no one’s surprise (except for the FCC and the DOJ, perhaps), as soon as
> the deal was approved, AT&T announced that they were not going to extend
> FiOS beyond current markets.  ****
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> So now Comcast is offering its customers Verizon wireless service at a
> “savings” of $5.00 per month off Verizon’s published rates for 24 months if
> bundled with Comcast cable service.  Comcast has not announced when they
> are raising the Cable and/or Internet rates to make up for this $5.00
> “discount”.****
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> Welcome to America****
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> Gary****
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> *From:* 1st-mile-nm-bounces+ggomes=soundviewnet.com at mailman.dcn.org[mailto:
> 1st-mile-nm-bounces+ggomes=soundviewnet.com at mailman.dcn.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Owen Densmore
> *Sent:* Friday, March 15, 2013 9:01 PM
> *To:* 1st-Mile-NM
> *Subject:* [1st-mile-nm] Verizon & Comcast/Xfinity****
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> I recently called comcast/xfinity (what's the diff?) to try their
> broadband.****
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> I got an unusually tech-sophisticated customer support person.  After
> working out the installation details, I mentioned interest in Verizon FiOS.
>  He said there was no FiOS in NM but Vzn and Comcast have a bundling
> agreement so that if you have both comcast and vzn services, you can get
> discounts.****
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> Is this true?  I haven't seen much mention of this other than vague
> marketing announcements over the past year.****
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> Details?  Thanks,****
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>    -- Owen****
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