Mark Holtz
06-10-06, 01:02 AM
From ABC News:
ISPs Evolve, Diversify Amid CompetitionWhen Bruce Chatterley assumed the helm of Speakeasy, he wrote "ISP" on a white board and immediately drew a slash across it to emphasize at staff meetings that the company was no longer just an Internet service provider.
Rather, Speakeasy Inc. was to become a "broadband communications company." That meant conceding basic ISP services to cable and phone companies and focusing on higher-cost offerings that appeal primarily to niche markets such as small businesses and power users.
Chatterley has plenty of company nearly three years later as rival ISPs also try to evolve and diversify in the face of growing broadband adoption and intense competition from cable and phone companies that own the high-speed pipes into homes. FULL ARTICLE HERE (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2058414)
ISPs Evolve, Diversify Amid CompetitionWhen Bruce Chatterley assumed the helm of Speakeasy, he wrote "ISP" on a white board and immediately drew a slash across it to emphasize at staff meetings that the company was no longer just an Internet service provider.
Rather, Speakeasy Inc. was to become a "broadband communications company." That meant conceding basic ISP services to cable and phone companies and focusing on higher-cost offerings that appeal primarily to niche markets such as small businesses and power users.
Chatterley has plenty of company nearly three years later as rival ISPs also try to evolve and diversify in the face of growing broadband adoption and intense competition from cable and phone companies that own the high-speed pipes into homes. FULL ARTICLE HERE (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2058414)