Mediacom 'Tired of Hearing About' Google Fiber Annoyed with the amount of press Google has been getting for disrupting the U.S. broadband market (even if the reality of that disruption is limited in scope), cable operator Mediacom has launched a new initiative dubbed Gigabit+. Gigabit+ appears to be the Mediacom Business wing's attempt to remind towns, cities and everyone else that cable operators still exist, and that they've deployed fiber too, gosh darn it.

"Long before many Internet providers were even offering service, Mediacom Communications built a fiber-optic network to provide communities with a new kind of Internet experience," the initiative's website proclaims. "New service providers are promising communities that they can build a Gigabit fiber network. Mediacom already has a high capacity network in place and we have years of experience running it." There's a slightly pouting tone to Mediacom's initiative, which involves harder sales pitches for the company's coax and hybrid coax-fiber services as well as things like wireless backhaul. On the residential side, Mediacom's largest initiative in recent memory is forcing all of their users on to metered usage plans (though to be fair their caps are larger than most ISPs). "Frankly, I'm tired of hearing about Google," Mediacom's Dan Templin said at an industry event last week in New York. "We are already building gigabit fiber networks, and wiring communities with the highest capacity fiber. We've already made the investment in the networks under their streets and passing their schools." Granted, you can't really sit comfortably in a duopoly for a decade enjoying no price or service competition, then whine when someone finally comes along and disrupts that cozy existence, be it Google Fiber or one of a growing number of public/private cooperatives. Well you can, but nobody is going to take you seriously. The reality continues to be that if people were truly satisfied with existing services, neither Google Fiber (or municipal broadband builds) would exist. If carriers want to show they're as good or better than these 1 Gbps offerings popping up around the country, they can easily just prove it via greater deployment and better pricing. If carriers want to show they're as good or better than these 1 Gbps offerings popping up around the country, they can easily just prove it via greater deployment and better pricing.







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ISurfTooMuch

join:2007-04-23

Tuscaloosa, AL 4 recommendations ISurfTooMuch Member If you're tired of hearing about it If you're tired of hearing about it, then deploy a similar service at a competitive price point. Simple as that.



Don't whine about it; do something about it.

buzz_4_20

join:2003-09-20

Biddeford, ME 2 recommendations buzz_4_20 Member Then... Do something even more newsworthy.

Drop your caps, up your speeds DRASTICALLY



You know, get our there and compete