[BBLISA] business class ISP recommendations

[Steve Meuse]

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Rich Braun <richb at pioneer.ci.net> wrote:

>
> Honestly, at this point the epitome of price/performance is a race between
> DOCSIS-3 and FIOS.  But I think a whole lot more construction is taking
> place
> with DOCSIS-3 than FIOS, probably because there are several companies
> using it
> whereas only one company supports FIOS.  DOCSIS-3 has the advantage of
> lower
> cost:  it's exceedingly expensive to run fiber to every end-point, whereas
> running RG-6 from a pole-mounted fiber box to several nearby buildings is
> quite inexpensive.
>

(Disclosure: I work for Comcast)

I believe I read that FIOS is not expanding to any new markets (towns), but
only expanding within towns they currently cover. The same article stated
that the cost had more to do with the capital costs of the house/curb units
vs. the fiber deployment costs.


At $50/mo for a 55-megabit down/5 megabit-up connection that simply NEVER
> goes
> down, I don't see the point in "business"-class service.


You don't need the better service, until you do :)


> Astound's consumer-grade service is a tad nicer than Comcast's in one area:
> Comcast does port blocking (including the all-important port 80), and as
> near
> as I can tell
>

80 is open, I don't know the complete list, but it was orignially intended
to block SMB mounts 137-139, etc.

-Steve
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