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| Why does Comcast think business operators are stupid enough to use DSL? by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 07/28/2013, 3:22pm PDT | ||||
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| Seriously, Comcast is running advertisements where people are complaining about their company using "slow DSL from the phone company" and should switch to Comcast Business-Class Internet. I have just one question.
Why does Comcast think business people are stupid? No business needing Internet service would use DSL unless there were two conditions. (1) You can't afford anything above the typical $19.95 to $29.95 a month that DSL costs. (2) You can't get Cable Internet or Fiber Internet at all. I have Internet from Comcast because I wheedled my landlord into getting it - and I pay him extra for it - because he is already paying for Cable TV, and by ordering Internet with TV from Comcast you get the typical $59.95 a month Internet-only service for an additional $24.95 a month. I've run speedtests, and I routinely get around 10/3 megabits/sec vs. the about 750K or so I used to get when I took Naked DSL ("Naked DSL" means you don't have phone service, just Internet) from Verizon because at the time, all I could afford was $19.95 a month. If you're running a business where you use Internet, and you can get Cable Internet (or Verizon's offering, FIOS) and can't afford $59.95 a month if you don't buy Cable TV, or the extra $30 if you're already buying Cable TV, you're not running a business, you're kidding yourself. The only people who are buying DSL are (1) residential customers who don't have Cable TV and don't want or can't afford to pay $59.95 and can only afford the $19.95 or $24.95 DSL offering; (2) customers who cannot get Internet connectivity from any other source. What business in the world that can get faster Internet (that uses Internet) and can buy Cable or Fiber Internet can't afford $60 a month (or less if they already take Cable TV or some other offering)? |
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