13-Dec-2013, 06:06 PM
(13-Dec-2013, 03:43 PM)deliverance Wrote: Not a fan because you view it as black and white?
The internet / service problems that Netflix put out there isn't a fair basis, the ends don't justify the means and it's not that simple. Consider the cost of rolling out equipment versus population per square foot across Canada. It's going to take a damn long time to extend coverage to everyone while also keeping profits in mind. 20 years ago we were the first and one of the fastest adopters of DSL in Ottawa because of Nortel's influence. Can't just replace infrastructure that fast ... who's gonna pay for that? The consumer? well you don't want that. The shareholder? Well he doesn't want that. You're both not wrong.
The gold standard for Internet is South Korea + Europe. Korea is 3rd in the world in terms of population density, whereas United States rounds out at 179, above Canada at 228, good for 15th worst country in the world.
That's a shitty way to look at it.
A lot of the infrastructure is already in place, and the major Canadian Telco's are hoarding it like being De Boer's is in style or something. That plus the fact that they are constantly attempting to block external parties from coming in, buying infrastructure, and giving competitive prices... well, that's clearly the icing on the cake for me.
Yes, we're less dense in Canada (you see what I did there?) but at the same time the prices should reflect the population density in our metropolitan areas if they want to pull that card. OK, so this statement is not really realistic in Canada, but my main point is that the infrastructure rollout has mostly happened, and unless the major Telcos and ISPs have massive debt and/or deficit, they have no gripe.
Wind manages to make my cell phone cheap, and TekSavvy makes my internet cheap all while renting Rogers' lines.