Some comments on the post by risk_it_us:
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The business model calls for an aggressive implementation of the HotZone technology throughout multiple markets within Mexico....
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RIU QUOTE
"multiple markets" suggest existing but sub-standard and dial-up access.
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Comment: "Multiple markets" suggests multiple markets, which could well include lower-income users as one component.
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The reliance on dial-up access in areas without broadband service, or in areas with large low-income populations, presents a significant barrier to the widespread social diffusion of the Internet.
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RIU QUOTE
"reliance on dial-up" speaks for itself and "low-income populations" simply means non-existant services yet marketable to the poor.
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Comment: Some areas of Mexico are wealthier / more urban / more developed than others. Broadband is far from universally available, and it has not been commercially feasible to provide broadband to all areas. But the dynamics could change if new technologies allow broadband to be provided at a competitive price point.
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The HotZone technology will lower the cost of services and barriers to entry to a point that we expect to have overwhelming acceptance of the product.
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RIU QUOTE
"we expect...." ???? really ? globetel expected many things and got few things. This is an undisputable fact.
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"entry to a point that we expect to have overwhelming acceptance of the product"
OVERWHELMING, what a nice word. It could only mean one thing in the globetel way. LOW OR NO PROFITS. After all is it not gtem's history of marketing and building out projects that result in unprofitability ?
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Comment: Perhaps, but this is a quote from Carlos Peralta, not GlobeTel. I assume he has attained his reputation through business savvy.
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1) Why with such a huge money ladened partner (Grupo) are they going only after the poor and undeveloped peoples and areas ? because broadband already is proliferant and successful in Mexico in the successful and developed areas. and 2) Why haven't the large broadband suppliers that are successful in the developed areas (some of which are provided by Grupo) attempted this endeavor already ? simple, LOW OR NO PROFITABILITY.
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Comment: Providing a cheaper means of providing broadband expands the pool of people who can afford it, and broadens the regions for which it is feasible to provide it.
- guy6
AI
