Our packages match 80% of the US households. So not sure where your seeing the 30G average. However, Keep in mind that the Cell Phone guys share data with text bursts and voice. They are primarily designed for smart phones and EVDO Reversion A (EVDO REVA = 3G = 2G on steroids). Last i heard they were capped at 5G with up charge for overage and additional data.
Our research shows that people will pay for bandwidth albeit not all. But did you realize your being treated like a new customer if your not in agreement term?
It is what it is at least for now. If it appears to be a mass issue i would assume we would change..
I have loads of dealers that are very excited about the new systems. They have customers lined up ready to go.. which starts for VS1 about the 16th of this month...
With the cell service, like I said, depends where you live. Here there is no congestion on the areas that are served in the bigger town that's 30 miles away. The new tower is going up outside a village that has somewhere a little over 200 people, and outside of town houses are far apart (my closest neighbor is a mile away, other areas are more sparse), so not much of an issue with crowding. I foresee it being less troublesome than primetime slowdown with WB up 'till now. I've used it a little, and talked to several people. What I mentioned uses the Verizon service. 20 gigs is $60 in my area, you can google the company yourself and see. Sprint area has unlimited (but they check you out if you go over 50). Verizon directly does have low caps, but it is not a home internet service they are selling, it's a mobile service.
The 30G was a number mentioned on the other forum, I guess I didn't see where it came from. I checked quick for a statistic but didn't see it. This is a good read, but I didn't read it through due to time, comments probably have some info as well, from earlier last year,
What Is Average Data Use And Should You Care? . That 80% number was thrown around on the other forum as well. And it's pretty much useless. I guess if people are put on a limited service and have a cap, and are penalized if they go over that cap, and can't afford to upgrade to a higher package if available, guess what?, they do whatever they are forced to do to stay under that cap, so of course it "works" for most of your customers. Considering the fact that they limit downloads, don't watch much video, etc., etc. Does that statistic account for who has the service, and what they do to keep it that way? Was that a "no" I hear? How many are only part time/vacation users? How many supplement their usage with their cellphones, or download stuff from work, etc. How many drive 30 miles minimum one way to take online classes because the "Pro" pack isn't good enough (like my neighbor does)? Now there is a new option, buy more. Sure, $130 a month is reasonable for home internet....
Yep, I'm sure plenty of people will be signing up for the service, just wait until they find out what they signed up for when they don't understand what they are getting, coming from already having DSL or cable. Guess Wildblue won't care because they will have them in contract. I got an ad in the mail, postcard, colorful, 5 meg service, call now, no mention of cap, I bet if I called, it wouldn't be mentioned unless I asked. And I bet many of the people switching from DSL have no understanding of what they use in a month.
And I'm guessing you and the installers you mention also don't use your own service. How about you check how much data your families use, see how much you would pay, and see how satisfied you would be. I used this example before. Family of four, doing what they want to do, see how much they use in a typical day with ONLY WB as their source for internet.
Also, the announcement at CES, I'm guessing they won't go into details about the caps, or they will blow around that 80% statistic without going into detail, and the average person again won't have a clue how much data it takes. If a user uses Netflix or similar, guess what, they are likely out of that 80%, because you sure can't keep a family in shows for a month with the plans offered, if they are an "average" family.
And sorry for sounding a bit stern. What is going on here, was a promised, much hyped "upgrade" that was supposed to be a cure-all. Instead, they downgrade the service, what I call drastically, and raise their rate, so yes, many people are angry. And like I said, I know my neighbors, I talk to them, they are my friends. They said they are not switching to the new service, if something better comes along besides WB, they will take it.
