Friday, February 11, 2011
SureWest Sees Light Demand for 50 Mbps, Almost None for 100 Mbps
SureWest CEO Steve Oldham recently confirmed a stubborn fact: not many customers are willing to pay for a 50-Mbps Internet access service. “We have a 50 Mbps service that a few people are interested in. We would offer a 100 Mbps service if we had anyone who would want to buy it,”Oldham said.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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