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what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a fewyears?

  • From: Douglas Otis
  • Date: Wed May 11 22:50:55 2005

On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 11:08 -0700, Matt Bazan wrote:
> why in the world would anyone want to purchase dsl from a private
> reseller when i can get 4mb down 384 up from comcast for $25?

Broadband access may become limited to the cable provider and the phone
company, once access to the CO becomes impractical, while cable remains
closed.  High rates by wireless is for a reason.

Networking positions will remain with private ISPs.  Don't expect prices
to remain "competitive" after a shake-out either.  Things are seldom
better with fewer choices, either for labor or the consumer.

So what will you be doing?

-Doug