U.S. adds record number of broadband lines in Q1

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Telephone companies have lagged cable companies in offering broadband service over the past few years, and cable companies still hold 59 percent of the market. But as broadband lines have become key to keeping customers, telephone companies have put a harder sell on high-speed Internet, offering start-up discounts and tiers of service with lower prices for lower download speeds.

DSL service on average runs anywhere from $20 to $30 per month before discounts, while cable broadband typically starts at $30 per month. Most cable companies have been reluctant to lower their prices in response, preferring to fight increased competition with download speed upgrades
 

tami

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but they don't upgrade upload speeds :(

last night i was uploading to pics.bbzzdd.com at like 2k/s and it took forever :( (my normal upload speed is 120k/s)
 

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Originally posted by: Lucky
- The top U.S. telephone and cable companies added a record 2.6 million high-speed Internet lines in the first quarter
That's crazy.

That's a cool ++$78,000,000 gross income/mo(at 30$) for the broadband co.'s... lol

:Q
 

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..these guys are making a ton of money..but are they investing in infrastructure to atleast maintain service and plan for future upgrades? And how about BPL (broadband over powerlines) what ever happened to that??...:confused:
 

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Originally posted by: IGBT
..these guys are making a ton of money..but are they investing in infrastructure to atleast maintain service and plan for future upgrades? And how about BPL (broadband over powerlines) what ever happened to that??...:confused:

I assume that the companies currently in power torpedoed it some how. I know I would if I were them. That technology will blow them right out of the water if it takes off.

Edit: just did a google, it looks like the radio interference problems still haven't been worked out. And the experiment in IA was cut short. Sounds bad. They was really the only feasible way to get broadband out to rural areas that I've seen.