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    "title": "Why Comcast won’t be in the ISP business in two years",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2005/08/11/why-comcast-wont-be-in-the-isp-business-in-two-years/",
    "datePublished": "2005-08-11",
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    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "Today, by special delivery, I got notice that FIOS is available at my house. I called Comcast and asked how they were going to match this offer. They offered me…",
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# Why Comcast won’t be in the ISP business in two years

Today, by special delivery, I got notice that

[FIOS](http://www.verizonfios.com/)

is available at my house.
I called

[Comcast](http://www.comcast.com/)

and asked how they were going to match this offer. They offered me $29.95/mo. for 6 months.
Now, because of my unique situation (i.e., requiring a semi-permamnent IP address to allow people to access my servers), I may be stuck with Comcast, because Verizon uses the much smarter random release on DHCP addresses.
But for 97% of the Web-surfing public, FIOS will be the cat's meow. And that the the flow of customers from Comcast will become a flood. A cable company that continues to think like a cable company in this new world will look like

[Bethlehem Steel](http://www.bethlehempaonline.com/steel.html)

in 3 years...or less.
I have a good friend who is a senior network engineer at Comcast; I hope he is looking for a new job.

Technorati:

[Comcast](http://technorati.com/tag/Comcast)

,

[FIOS](http://technorati.com/tag/FIOS)

IceRocket:

[Comcast](http://blogs.icerocket.com/tag/Comcast)

,

[FIOS](http://blogs.icerocket.com/tag/FIOS)