BigCreek
God Is Good.
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join:2002-06-25
Heber Springs, AR
| It's easy to grow fast when starting from nothing
The bright side is perhaps when those in these favored areas all have fiber maybe the rest of us can get on the list for 384 DSL.
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seaman
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join:2000-12-08
Seattle, WA | So why is it good
For those of who see the term FIOS all over the place... what are some of the advantages of Fiber to the Home over existing technologies? |
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Bill
Light Up The Halo
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join:2001-12-09
clubs:
| Well...
That's interesting.
quote:
CA Leisure World-Seal Beach Development DEV/CLEC
»www.lwsb.com
I didn't know they had it; I live less than a mile from there.
But, why does a retirement community need it? I don't know. I say they bring it to me first 
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Phil
Rojo Sol
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join:2001-06-11
Camarillo, CA | My city, Thousand Oaks isn't listed, but when I called Verizon about FiOS they told my city was ready to go. Hardly a complete list.
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moby866
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join:2000-10-07
Above you
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| Columbus KS
Is on the list. But sadly, the local phone company owns the set up. Sadly, the website they have does not have ANY pricing information. And the FTTP is not working, but coming soon. And it has been for a few years.
»www.columbus-kansas.com/coltelco/
And I know what high speed they do offer is extremely overpriced. Like 1.5/256 G.Light DSL for around $850 a month to a place I worked at in Columbus for a few years. And the service was terrible. It was a miracle if it worked for more than a day without losing sync etc...
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YAYwegotit
@verizon.n
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Re: It's easy to grow fast when starting from nothing
I'm a FIOS customer and its some great broadband...
This is the next best thing in technology since cheap CD/DVD writers/media, mp3 players, dialup modems, etc, etc, etc. Next innovation must be hybrid cars/trucks. Noone likes wasting gas when a battery could provide lots of the power generated by hi-capacity dynos when the car runs on gas(1-30, vs 30+). Just like FIOS is the cablemodem equalizer, hybrid cars will bring back USA's innovation, if only car/truck mauf's have the guts to invest like Verizon has...
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sman83
join:2004-11-09
Urbana, IL | Fiber List
On that list in Illinois is a town named Paxton population about 2k tops and they have fiber? I live about 45 min away from Paxton in a town with 100k+ people and no fiber =( Who decides where fiber goes? |
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Murray3
join:2001-03-06
Texas | said by sman83  : Who decides where fiber goes? Probably the telcos. |
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snappakazoo
Inconceivable
join:2000-09-10
Wyckoff, NJ | What happened to New Jersey?
Apparently NJ is not part of the USA anymore as it is not listed at all.
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niplet
join:2003-10-04
Antioch, TN
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Re: Well...
i live so close to La Vergne, Tn i could spit and reach to town limits but have not heard a single peep about fiber in the area, La vergne is not a big area either, maybe about 10k people absolute tops, and the only DSL available is a paltry 1.5/512 if you are lucky for $50 a month which is a joke compared to CHSI 6.6/768 for around the same price
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niplet
join:2003-10-04
Antioch, TN | this list is of any carrier that is starting to roll out fiber yes???
as verizon is not even in middle tennessee that i could find anyways.
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cdru
Go Colts
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join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
| reply to seaman
Re: So why is it good
In no particular order:
-Potential for obcene speeds if the telcos wanted to in the future.
-Expansion into the "CATV" market - competition is always good
-Faster immediate speeds then are available to most via DSL
-No more "your loop length is too long" excuses
-Cheaper for the telco to operate in the long run(excluding initial roll-out costs)
-Allows telcos to eventually phase out expensive, aging analog POTS equipment.
-In some cases will replace decades old infrastructure that badly needed replaced anyways
-Potential phone line quality improvement
The advantages do come at a cost though. The disadvantages are:
-Cuts the competition out of the picture as the ILEC doesn't have to share the line with CLECs (telco advantage)
-Power requirement for the ONT - BBU/UPS don't last forever when running off of the battery. |
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vpoko
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join:2003-07-03
Jamaica Plain, MA | reply to snappakazoo
Re: What happened to New Jersey?
About time someone did something about NJ |
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the niTz
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join:2004-07-05
Sahuarita, AZ | mmmmm
i want my fiber  |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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1 edit |  None in NJ; why am I not surprised
Verizon seems to treat NJ as the ugly stepchild when rolling out services. Why am I not surprised that the list of communities with Fiber doesn't include 1 location in the state?
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ahsan
join:2002-10-01
Sterling, VA | What is an RBOC?
They gave a definition for every other acronym except the one I didn't know. |
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bokamba
Chengdu Rocks
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join:2002-04-05
Falls Church, VA | "Entire community"? Not quite.
My town is listed and the list claims that the "entire community" is served, but it definitely isn't. |
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qos1
join:2003-09-19
Beverly Hills, CA
| reply to ahsan
Re: What is an RBOC?
said by ahsan :They gave a definition for every other acronym except the one I didn't know. Regional Bell Operating Company |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
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| reply to ahsan
said by ahsan :They gave a definition for every other acronym except the one I didn't know. As he said:
And they are: Verizon, SBC, Qwest, Bell South, etc. |
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clickwir
join:2001-06-21
Dickson City, PA | reply to snappakazoo
Re: What happened to New Jersey?
It's only showing 43 states.
That and I doubt it's more than 95% accurate. |
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