hamburglar_
join:2002-04-29
Columbus, OH | Yet another reason SBC sucks
3-6Mb? Over Fiber? They really are in their own little world. |
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King P
Don't blame me. I voted for Ron Paul
Premium
join:2004-11-17
Inman, SC
 ·Windstream
 ·Charter Pipeline
| hahahaha! That's hilarious. They are going to deploy fiber only to give 3-6 Mb? Wow, I thought copper was capable of that, and more...and guess what else, it is already deployed!!!
Why is it that people lose common sense when they become the executive of a company? I hope that doesn't happen to me...
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Wills
join:2001-01-03
Port Charlotte, FL
| Why complain?
What do you care if they give you 3-6 meg or 20 meg? They're going to throttle it down to oblivion, cap your speeds, and kick you off if you actually use it anyways...
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mrweirdo
join:2004-09-12
Roseville, CA
| reply to hamburglar_
Re: Yet another reason SBC sucks
indeed :/
you can already get more then that from most cable providers on the download side at least. Not sure if they synchronous down/up or not. The only advantage to sbc would customers would be the extra upload which not everyone needs unless your uploading big picts, filesharing, etc. |
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JSRoman
Premium
join:2005-03-10
Callahan, FL
| Dish network?
"The fiber optics in the Settlers Ridge subdivision will offer a speed of 3 to 6 megabits per second and Dish network for television, Pund said."
Dish network for tv? Did I miss something here? Isn't the point of laying fiber to compete against dish and cable? |
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hamburglar_
join:2002-04-29
Columbus, OH | If it doesn't have a dial-tone, they don't understand it. |
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insomniac
Oh Yeah
Premium
join:2002-09-22
Naperville, IL
clubs:
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to hamburglar_
Re: Yet another reason SBC sucks
said by hamburglar_  :They really are in their own little world. Yeah, really. If this is what new construction is getting, I'm not sure it's even worth my time to see what they'll give the rest of us.
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steve19726
bum
Premium
join:2002-01-17
Chicago, IL
clubs: | what about tommrow's needs?
ok, the bandwidth may be sufficient for most people as of today. what about the future? |
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Jigsaw
Stardust We Are
Premium
join:2000-10-21
Cleveland, OH
·Cox HSI
| reply to hamburglar_
Re: Yet another reason SBC sucks
said by hamburglar_ :3-6Mb? Over Fiber? They really are in their own little world. Well as the time passes them by they will be in there own world.They would rather spend millions to lobby than a cent to upgrade.Don't worry its going to bite them in the ass hard soon.
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»www.auralmoon.com/html/ Open your mind and your ears. |
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cooperaaaron
join:2004-04-10
Joliet, IL | reply to JSRoman
Re: Dish network?
AT&T (SBC) still has Dish Network usage for TV. All of these acronyms are driving me crazy  |
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Logan 5
Wondering what happens next..
Premium,MVM
join:2001-05-25
The WasteLAN
·Pacific Bell - SBC
1 edit | Must be nice....
For those in the areas 'blessed' by such a bounty No matter if it's AT&T or Verizon...etc.
I'd love to see SBC/AT&T finally keep their promise and deploy more RT's FIRST so that people like me who are considered 'marginally too far away' from a CO can get something faster then 1.5/384k DSL Service before those people in tiny little areas of the country can get 10/15/20 or 30mbps fiber so they can download their multi gig pr0n, MP3's and p2p *.nix distros and game demos in a matter of minutes....Am I jealous....hell ya!
Is it fair that SBC/AT&T refuses to offer me a better (better=faster) connection because they can't keep a promise Anyone remember Project Pronto?!? yet they can begin offering Fiber to 'select' customers? Hell no!
I know I can 'vote with my wallet' & go to another provider but after almost 7 years of loyalty to Pacific Bell/SBC & now AT&T, there HAS to be some re-focusing of priorities from future customers to retaining the long time ones they already have, unless they just don't give a damn about me in which case maybe it's time to leave after all.
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wilbilt
Pronto Resurrected
Premium
join:2004-01-11
Oroville, CA
| reply to steve19726
Re: what about tommrow's needs?
Said by SBC:
“But what we’re finding is that most households are becoming more dependent on broadband access,” he said. “Everything from having kids in school to managing the household.” Duh! What a revelation!
They are just now realizing this???
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Rural users don't need broadband. We're just a bunch of hicks on Welfare. How about outsourcing your call centers to us? |
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batageek
Slave To The Duopoly
Premium
join:2003-01-25
3 edits | Last year SBC's tune in the area was entirely different.
Lying bast@rds!
»www.tricitybroadband.com/videos/unproven.wmv
Who's talking from the podium on the video? Kirk Brannock, president of Network Services for SBC Midwest (see this story: »Illinois Muni-Foes Come Together ) to members of the Batavia, IL City Council
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ossito16
join:2004-07-31
Whiting, IN | reply to JSRoman
Re: Dish network?
I thought SBC owned dish network anyways. |
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imrf
Premium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI | No, SBC never owned Dish. They've had a contract with them for years for a triple play bundle to make it easier on their customers and to try and compete against the cable companies. |
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shameonatt
| World Recognized and Respected to BlackSheep
ATT/SBC are the black sheep of the telcom industry, why would you expect anything else.. for some communities, FTTP will only be accomplished with municipal buildouts.. that's just the way it is, just like Hydrogen cars, if you want the auto industry to build it, you have to do it yourself first.. and prove that market exists. |
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adkinsjm
join:2004-10-13
Frazee, MN | reply to Logan 5
Re: Must be nice....
AT&T also offers FTTH in Utah over the UTOPIA network, a muni-fiber initiative. |
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jchambers106
join:2004-12-10
Kansas City, MO
3 edits |  reply to Logan 5
Re: whats this guy smoking
 i have tw now and he thinks he's going to put 3to 6 mbps here someDAY they are much too late i think he's smoling too much pot i am getting 8 mes on road runner now |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
·Qwest.net
| reply to ossito16
Re: Dish network?
said by ossito16 :I thought SBC owned dish network anyways. No Dish Network and SBC signed a marketing argeement for bundled service, Like Qwest and Direct TV.
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Low voltage Tech's are wimps, Real tech's use 45 pound filament transformers, plate voltages no less then 2400 volts with at least 10 amp's lighting 8877 triodes...BPL I'm coming to get you. |
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Varlik
Without Honor You Will Never Be Free
Premium
join:2002-01-06
Anderson, SC
1 edit | reply to wilbilt
Re: what about tommrow's needs?
said by wilbilt :Said by SBC: “But what we’re finding is that most households are becoming more dependent on broadband access,” he said. “Everything from having kids in school to managing the household.” Duh! What a revelation! They are just now realizing this??? lol:D When I heard that I was like, Welcome to three years ago. They're a day late and a dollar short. But don't worry they'll increase their rates or add another Un-Fee to recoup that dollar.
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"Sir SIR! We don't use DHCP servers. We only use IBM & Microsoft servers." From there my call to tech support went steadily downhill. |
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