What is going to happen?

[Lue]

Wrong there is a $350 to $400 charge to the homeowner if you want service run to your home and there has to be so many in a neighborhood sign up before Google starts a buildout in any area. My cousin is in the current build out in KC. His is supposed to be ready in 3 months assuming no weather delays.

you guys are funny, if you would take the time to read before you post you would learn that Google waives the 300 dollar construction fee, so no cost are involved. Even if it was, the home values with 1 gig connection are raising home values upwards of 5k. very sweet deal!
$300 waived construction fee

https://fiber.google.com/cities/austin/home/

 

[SomeRandomIdiot]

Voters all over CO. are voting 3to1 to build high speed internet in their communities. must not be as expensive as you quote.
http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-13499-2c-or-not-2c-isnrst-the-question.html

Wow....wow oh wow..

A city with 26,667 households is putting in Internet in its town of 22 Square Miles.

It's $50 a month -the lowest in the state. In other words, all others are higher....and speaking of higher...$50 is only good if you sign up immediately when available. If you do not, the price is $100 a month.

And fwiw, thus far, only 25% of the residents have signed up for it at the $50 price point.

The city plans to connect 25% of the residents over the next year. Thats 6.5k by this time next year.

It will be this time in 2017 before all 26k are connected.

And if we dig a little deeper, we find that "voters OK'd the proposal, and then two years later approved a $45.3 million bond issue to build the network, which uses pulses of light, instead of electricity, to transmit data."

$45.3M/ 26,667 households = $1,698 each household is being charged to build this network.

ROFLMAO.

So much for your $50 a month.

Also tells you that it costs $2.05M per square mile in a small town approximately 5 miles by 4.5 miles wide.

Then let's move to Chattanooga.

The Chattanooga's network cost nearly $400 million to build and deploy. And while the network as a whole serves about 55,000 business and residential customers, only a relative handful — about 3,600 homes — had signed up for the marquee gigabit service. The rest mostly paid less for lower speeds.

$400M/55k = $7,272 per business and residential customer.

$400M/143 Square Miles in Chattanooga = $2.8M per square mile to build when the city is larger than 22 Square Miles.

Again, so much for the "low cost"

You are paying for it, just on a different bill.

 

[Lue]

Wow....wow oh well.

A city with 26,667 households is putting in Internet.

It's $50 a month -the lowest in the state. In other words, all others are higher.

The city plans to connect 25% of the residents over the next year. Thats 6.5k by this time next year.

It will be this time in 2017 before all 26k are connected.

And if we dig a little deeper, we find that "voters OK'd the proposal, and then two years later approved a $45.3 million bond issue to build the network, which uses pulses of light, instead of electricity, to transmit data."

$45.3M/ 26,667 households = $1,698 each household is being charged to build this network.

ROFLMAO.

So much for your $50 a month.


Then let's move to Chattanooga.

The Chattanooga's network cost nearly $400 million to build and deploy. And while the network as a whole serves about 55,000 business and residential customers, only a relative handful — about 3,600 homes — had signed up for the marquee gigabit service. The rest mostly paid less for lower speeds.

$400M/55k = $7,272 per business and residential customer.

Again, so much for the "low cost"


You are paying for it, just on a different bill.

Wrong again. I guess you have never heard of municipal bonds, oh well, I can only lead you to water, I can't make you think

 

[primestar31]

Why don't you guys just get a room? lol.

 

[SomeRandomIdiot]

Wrong again. I guess you have never heard of municipal bonds, oh well, I can only lead you to water, I can't make you think

You clearly seem to be the one that needs to think.

You do realize that someone eventually has to pay the bonds?

Hey the USA is only $18 Trillion in debt.

Sure, let's just put more on the books that will have to be paid off down the road, while paying interest out along the way.

The Interest is 5% paid semi-annually....or $2M per year.

Furthermore, the principal must be repaid starting on 12/1/2017 in the amount of $2,245,000 - and an increasing amount every year after.

All the sudden this is looking A LOT more expensive than $49 a month.

 

[Lue]

You clearly seem to be the one that needs to think.

You do realize that someone eventually has to pay the bonds?

Hey the USA is only $18 Trillion in debt.

Sure, let's just put more on the books that will have to be paid off down the road, while paying interest out along the way.

LOL, that is what the 49 bucks monthly fee goes for

 

[SomeRandomIdiot]

LOL, that is what the 49 bucks monthly fee goes for

You mean the $100 monthly fee?

If too many got in on the $49 fee, they would not have enough to repay the bonds.

And if not enough sign up, they have to raise the rates yet again.

 

[Lue]

You mean the $100 monthly fee?

If too many got in on the $49 fee, they would not have enough to repay the bonds.

And if not enough sign up, they have to raise the rates yet again.

Wrong again, you can bet they figured all that in beforehand , do the math, 49 bucks a month is enough for operations, maint., and repayment of the bonds. just as 70 is enough for the for profit Google fiber and AT&T fiber rollout. Remember, this is a not for profit show.

http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7021919288

 

[SomeRandomIdiot]

Wrong again, you can bet they figured all that in beforehand , do the math, 49 bucks a month is enough for operations, maint., and repayment of the bonds. just as 70 is enough for the for profit Google fiber and AT&T fiber rollout.

Ok....let's see your link for their operational budget for you to be making claims like that (knowing that you have no clue but are making assumptions, just like you are making assumption that the price was $49).

 

[Lue]

LOL, I just made up this webpage
http://longmontcolorado.gov/departm...ications/broadband-service/rates-and-services

 

[Lue]

Silent majority sees what is happening here, time to get back on topic.

Will Dishes new NuTV along with Verizon, Sony and the many other soon to be entrants into the Internet based TV programming for approx. 30 bucks a month, dig into the current satellite,cable, and phone companies subscriber base with the scaled down package offerings? Remembering that the average viewer only watches 20 or so channels out of their 189 channel you must currently pay for to get the channels you actually watch.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fcc-moves-ala-carte-internet-759650

FCC chairman Tom Wheeler and Democratic members Jessica Rosenworcel and Mignon Clyburn are expected to vote yes, which would provide the majority vote needed.

http://fortune.com/2014/12/16/fcc-ott-cable-classification/

 

[SomeRandomIdiot]

Silent majority sees what is happening here, time to get back on topic.

Will Dishes new NuTV along with Verizon, Sony and the many other soon to be entrants into the Internet based TV programming for approx. 30 bucks a month, dig into the current satellite,cable, and phone companies subscriber base with the scaled down package offerings? Remembering that the average viewer only watches 20 or so channels out of their 189 channel you must currently pay for to get the channels you actually watch.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fcc-moves-ala-carte-internet-759650

Yes. Silent Majority saw you were full of it with no idea of reality.

Even with this latest post....here's reality:

A La Carte and Sticker Shock
A la carte content supporters could be in for a rude price awakening - See more at: http://www.multichannel.com/blog/picture/la-carte-and-sticker-shock/385088

 

[SomeRandomIdiot]

OTT bundles will cost as much or more than regular cable subscriptions
http://www.rapidtvnews.com/20141123...or-more-than-regular-cable-subscriptions.html

 

[Lue]

Dish is proposing a 20 channel package, this bundle will cost 30 bucks.It is aimed at younger viewers with ESPN included. Do we really need to pay for the expensive 189 channels that we never watch the vast majority of?
http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insigh...els-despite-record-number-to-choose-from.html

“This is why programmers are experimenting with direct-to-consumer. They don’t want to disrupt the pay TV marketplace, but they want to be out there if the Millennials don’t come back.”

Much of the new thinking is driven by the ascendance of broadband as the cable service most in demand. “We now have a different perspective on how we’re viewing the business,” said John Pascarelli, executive vice president of operations at Mediacom Communications, another speaker at the SNL Kagan Summit. “It used to be our customers would buy video and we’d sell them other services. What’s happening today is consumers are buying Internet, and we try to add other pieces. People have to have an Internet connection, and video is becoming too costly and, therefore, less essential.”

Indeed, as observed by SNL Kagan and other analysts, the third quarter of 2014 marked the first time there were more cable broadband than cable pay TV households. Kagan’s latest measures and projections as revealed at the Summit vividly reflect both the stress operators are under on the pay TV side and the opportunities ahead in broadband.
http://www.screenplaysmag.com/2014/...y-tv-angst-triggers-plans-for-radical-action/
A lot of people think this is the real problem, I think the bubble will burst at some point
http://www.si.com/more-sports/2014/12/17/future-cable-sports-tv

 

[osu1991]

you guys are funny, if you would take the time to read before you post you would learn that Google waives the 300 dollar construction fee, so no cost are involved. Even if it was, the home values with 1 gig connection are raising home values upwards of 5k. very sweet deal!
$300 waived construction fee

https://fiber.google.com/cities/austin/home/

Why don't you read your own crap. Those fees being waived are for community centers and libraries etc.. Residential service still has to pay the construction fee. So where is your data that fiber service has raised home values? I swear you spew more mindless information than the local politicians. back on ignore

 

[sam_gordon]

Why don't you read your own crap. Those fees being waived are for community centers and libraries etc.. Residential service still has to pay the construction fee. So where is your data that fiber service has raised home values? I swear you spew more mindless information than the local politicians. back on ignore

Actually, what I'm reading shows the construction fees waived with a 1 year commitment for residential customers. I think gigabit internet will eventually get to the majority of homes, just not soon. Would anyone have predicted 3mbs, much less 10-15 back when we were connecting via modem at 9600baud (or worse)?

 

[osu1991]

Actually, what I'm reading shows the construction fees waived with a 1 year commitment for residential customers. I think gigabit internet will eventually get to the majority of homes, just not soon. Would anyone have predicted 3mbs, much less 10-15 back when we were connecting via modem at 9600baud (or worse)?

Then it must have just changed. My cousin had to pay $350 when he signed up in KC.

 

[sam_gordon]

Then it must have just changed. My cousin had to pay $350 when he signed up in KC.

They probably didn't get a lot of signups with a $350 fee and decided to waive it with a 1 year commitment (like joining Dish). Personally, I would be all over this (although not with a $350 install fee) if it was an option for me.

 

[Lue]

NuTv by Dish, plans to carry the expensive ESPN, wondering how many other Quality channels Dish can afford to put into NuTV for 30 bucks a month, maybe because they won't have to pay for all the service people, installs etc. they can put a killer package together and be a leader in this soon to explode market.
http://consumerist.com/2014/08/05/espn-accounts-for-more-than-6-of-your-cable-bill-could-soon-top-8/
In Austin, Google Fiber’s Gigabit+TV package, which features a video lineup with more than 150 channels and a DVR that can record up to eight shows at once, will start at $130 per month and waive the $300 construction fee if customers make a one-year commitment.
http://www.multichannel.com/news/technology/google-fiber-previews-austin-pricing/385834
Aside from the obvious efficiency gains that faster Internet speeds bring, it is also estimated that a fiber connection increases median home values by $2,000 to $5,000,
http://www.wealthlift.com/blog/5-google-fiber/

 

[sam_gordon]

NuTv by Dish, plans to carry the expensive ESPN, wondering how many other Quality channels Dish can afford to put into NuTV for 30 bucks a month, maybe because they won't have to pay for all the service people, installs etc. they can put a killer package together and be a leader in this soon to explode market.
http://consumerist.com/2014/08/05/espn-accounts-for-more-than-6-of-your-cable-bill-could-soon-top-8/
In Austin, Google Fiber’s Gigabit+TV package, which features a video lineup with more than 150 channels and a DVR that can record up to eight shows at once, will start at $130 per month and waive the $300 construction fee if customers make a one-year commitment.
http://www.multichannel.com/news/technology/google-fiber-previews-austin-pricing/385834
Aside from the obvious efficiency gains that faster Internet speeds bring, it is also estimated that a fiber connection increases median home values by $2,000 to $5,000,
http://www.wealthlift.com/blog/5-google-fiber/

How come you don't point out the following...

Yes, anyone who enjoys watching ESPN or Cartoon Network will be unable to indulge in their favorite shows, as Google has not reached a deal with Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) or Time Warner (NYSE: TWX).

So what do you think will happen to the prices when ESPN & Cartoon Network are added?

Also, why don't you answer any of the many questions people ask you?