rockhounds_5
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join:2004-07-29
Lewisville, TX
clubs: | Ah, the price of progress.
I'm assuming that these people would prefer to go back to dialup or dsl? |
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screavic
Premium
join:2006-08-11
Paron, AR
 ·Verizon Wireless B..
·Alltel Axess
| Bring it here
Slap one of those puppies in my yard, I would love to have something besides wireless. Quit making excuses, move forward and ask for forgiveness later haha. Just kidding, if that was the case some people would have a hole through the middle of their house.
Not an AT&T fan at this point |
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rec9140
Provoice just DO it
join:2003-07-29
Mulberry, FL
|  No internet for you!
[irate beyond words mode on]
People choose ONE:
1) High speed Internet
2) "cute" yards.
The right of way is the for use of the utility be it crapble, telco, gas, eletric, water, sewer
YOU Joe Schmoe have ZERO SAY in it. End of the story.
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Rob
In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA
Premium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
 ·Comcast
| reply to rockhounds_5
Re: Ah, the price of progress.
said by rockhounds_5  :I'm assuming that these people would prefer to go back to dialup or dsl? No, but they'd prefer to go with Verizon FiOS where these problems aren't as big. |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
·Comcast
1 edit | reply to rockhounds_5
said by rockhounds_5 :I'm assuming that these people would prefer to go back to dialup or dsl? I'm pretty sure they would prefer to have something other than a monopoly broadband provider that has decided on a half-ass solution to advanced broadband that saves the company money and results in refrigerator-size boxes on their front lawns.
Is ATT's VDSL better than dial-up? you betcha. Do the customers that have no other choice have to like the way it's implemented? absolutely not. |
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sousademiami
join:2003-02-04
Hialeah, FL | reply to rec9140
Re: No internet for you!
Something tells me you wouldn't be saying that if your home value was dropping by thousands of dollars because of one of these.
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dave
Premium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio
 ·Verizon Online DSL
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to rockhounds_5
Re: Ah, the price of progress.
said by rockhounds_5 :I'm assuming that these people would prefer to go back to dialup or dsl? False dichotomy. The choices are not limited to
1) Slow connections
2) Large lump of equipment placed with no concern as to appearance
There is another possibility:
3) Large piece of equipment sited in such a way as to reduce its unsightliness |
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questionable
join:2005-10-18
Phoenix, AZ | reply to sousademiami
Re: No internet for you!
My Home Value is Dropping by thousands and it has nothing to do with VRADs. It's called the economy is in the crapper. |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | reply to dave
Re: Ah, the price of progress.
Outrageous that these people would want some say over box placement in their own communities. |
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sousademiami
join:2003-02-04
Hialeah, FL | reply to questionable
Re: No internet for you!
Oh my gosh! What do you mean? What's wrong with the economy!?
Seriously...all anyone needs right now is to further that damage while involuntarily lining AT&T pockets.
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jlsamsel
join:2006-08-26
Stixville | Vrads
They can always move to the country-the boxes will never show up there! 
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JSRoman
Premium
join:2005-03-10
Callahan, FL
| What sounds do these boxes make?
»www.pioneerlocal.com/evanston/ne···.article
I can hear it 24 hours a day," Walton said. "It's only six feet from my house."
Looking at a box is one thing, said Alderman Ann Rainey, 8th Ward.
"I don't think you should have to hear the box," she said.
Moaning?
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TheGhost
Premium
join:2003-01-03
Lake Forest, IL
clubs:
·AT&T U-Verse
·Comcast
| reply to rec9140
Re: No internet for you!
said by rec9140 :[irate beyond words mode on] People choose ONE: 1) High speed Internet 2) "cute" yards. The right of way is the for use of the utility be it crapble, telco, gas, eletric, water, sewer YOU Joe Schmoe have ZERO SAY in it. End of the story. [/irate] The problem is, Comcast seems to be able to provide the service without putting refrigerators in people's front yards. It seems that at&t could do something similar if they worked with the communities instead of acting like the deathstar. |
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N10Cities
SILENCE I Keel You
Premium
join:2002-05-07
Roland, OK
clubs:
·Cox HSI
·World Lynx
| reply to rec9140
said by rec9140 :[irate beyond words mode on] People choose ONE: 1) High speed Internet 2) "cute" yards. The right of way is the for use of the utility be it crapble, telco, gas, eletric, water, sewer YOU Joe Schmoe have ZERO SAY in it. End of the story. [/irate] If AT&T had chosen fiber-to-the-home, they wouldn't have to had to deploy those huge boxes everywhere. They could have used the sunken boxes like my local telco did (that IS running FTTH). After a few months, the grass will almost cover the lid and you can't tell anything is there.
There is no telling how much they spent on those huge boxes. Prolly cost as much as running FTTH after you pay the labor costs of pouring a pad, clearing the ground, etc. |
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ravensfan55
join:2008-06-16
Severna Park, MD
·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
·Cingular Wireless
1 edit | Morons.........
Do these people not want competition? If I lived in area with no fiber I wouldn't care if AT&T had to put up a VRAD in my lawn. Then again, I'm not some anal bitchy housewife that lives on Wisteria Lane......
And of course, if they have underground utilities, these same people would throw a hissy fit when Verizon came around to dig up their lawns and put in fiber and junction boxes.... |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | AT&T hacked up crap
VDSL is NOT where we want to be in 2009. We need fiber to the home or at the very least HFC with smaller nodes. |
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ravensfan55
join:2008-06-16
Severna Park, MD | reply to JSRoman
Re: What sounds do these boxes make?
They make the same sound as transformer boxes. It's a slight hum. This guy must have either A. a poorly insulated house or B. a dead silent house to hear it. |
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Homeowner
1 edit | reply to ravensfan55
Re: Morons.........
Nice observation. Unless you are some 13-year old kid that does nothing but stay home and be sad because the internet isn't fast enough, there is absolutely no reason anybody should justify having one of these monstrosities in anyone's yard. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
·PenTeleData
 ·Future Nine Corpor..
·VOIPo
·Vonage
2 edits | Well, like the HOA CC&R's (if any) that you agreed to, you also agreed to give utilies the rights to install these things via utility easements.
Next time read before you sign if you don't want these "monstrosities" in your yard.
Before we bought our home, we made our attorney go through it with a fine tooth comb to ensure that we knew exactly what we were buying. Dealing with the town, utility companies and neighbors (we have no HOA) had been MUCH easier as a result. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
·PenTeleData
·Future Nine Corpor..
·VOIPo
·Vonage
1 edit | reply to jlsamsel
Re: Vrads
said by jlsamsel :They can always move to the country-the boxes will never show up there! Not at all true. There are a couple homes around by me with traditional telco boxes in their front yard. Yes, big fridge sized things. |
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