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Re:FCC proposes to increase minimum broadband speeds to 100 ... by Dylan16807 on Saturday July 16, 2022 @12:22AM (#32115204)
At this point they've gotten plenty of money from those filters, and they should be replacing them instead of doing their best to pretend upload doesn't exist.

It's a disadvantage vs. somehow knowing the future, but in the absence of future-knowing I bet they still made more money by deploying earlier.

First mover tradeoffs.

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Re:FCC proposes to increase minimum broadband speeds to 100 ... by walrus01 on Saturday July 16, 2022 @12:58AM (#32115338)
On the other hand a cable tv incumbent in a given metro area has a huge first mover advantage of having established the right-of-way in various places (aerial pole to pole, underground duct, etc). And is usually treated by the local government as a default utility service same as water and power so they can build whatever they want almost anywhere they want, anytime they want.
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