 rob2006
join:2006-11-07
Austell, GA | funny Over the Air can provide 1080i. I am on 18 mbps down 1.3 mbps up Comcast i am not worry on dsl | |
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Cyber2lz
join:2001-11-15
Odessa, FL
| Boys and Girls, please........... Let the marketplace decide this!!
All of this CxO talk is irrelevant. We users will decide who wins and who looses!! VDSL, ADSL, Coax, Hybrid Fiber Systems, FTTH, it's all just BS. Copper is dying as a transport and fiber is all the rage. Marketplace pressures will decide this little battle. There are lots of variables here, not the least of which is life span and maintenance.
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ZOverLord
Premium
join:2003-10-20
Minneapolis, MN | So it was all Lies? Remember when thy complained that copper had too much noise to do much more than 56Kb?
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join:2004-03-19
Here | Re: So it was all Lies? Voice is designed only for 56k. It wasn't a noise issue. It'd be like complaining that T-1 can only do 1.5megs. One voice line is 1 DS-0 | |
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Fox McCloud
Crazy like a fox.
join:2006-07-23
1 edit | Re: So it was all Lies? And rural America keeps falling further and further AND further behind....heck, by the time we get broadband which is 1.5-5meg, the rest of the country will be operating at 50-100 meg, and we'll all be back to square one again v_v | |
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join:2004-03-19
Here | Re: So it was all Lies? Equipment costs money. What do you suppose the Bells and cable companies do? Lose money in the name of charity? | |
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Fox McCloud
Crazy like a fox.
join:2006-07-23
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| Re: So it was all Lies? That would be nice, but I know it's not possible.
It's just sickening to me that practically nothing has been done for rural areas in relation to REAL broadband deployment in the last 6 years.
Of course, I've just totally enjoyed my dial-up connection for nearly a decade, I'd be more than happy to use it for another 30 years... | |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| said by bogey780  :Equipment costs money. What do you suppose the Bells and cable companies do? Lose money in the name of charity? God forbid a business actually invests in improving their business. What a crazy concept. I'm sure then the phone was first invented there was a lot of investment that took several years to pay off because no infrastucture existed. That's kind of how things work. If At&t had the same attitude 125 years ago as it did now we'd still be using the telegraph. | |
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join:2004-03-19
Here
| Re: So it was all Lies? Good thing you mentioned that. You see back 100 years ago the gov't treated communications as a natural monopoly. Bell knew that no matter how much it spent it would eventually make a profit. You see the gov't wants competition. For their to be competitition you have to sacrifice the customers who lose you money.
Blame the gov't for it's horrible telephone regulation. If AT&T had been regulated better you'd have broadband everywhere by now. But no, the gov't broke it up rather then reforming it.
Getting back on point. So how do you think Bell can make a profit by dumping 3-5k on a single customer? What's the profit model on that? | |
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ftthz
If love can kill hate can also save
join:2005-10-17 | fiber is the future AT&T is blind | |
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adsldog
join:2000-12-01
Woodstock, GA
| IPTV HD I have seen IPTV over copper using ADSL2+ and most modems get 30 to 40Mbps. The HD I have seen on two 50" screens one Direct TV HD and one IPTV HD and the IPTV look much better. HD will take about 10Mbps each and SD about 5Mbps. I like it better.  | |
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Curious1
@telwestonline.com
| Re: Broadband Perspective. Pardon my ignorance. But why are we as a country so far behind in comparison to the rest of the world in what we can expect in broadband service?
How are companies in European countries able to provide a higher ratio of people with not only a service, but a much faster service?
Technology and providing consumers with the latest / top-of-the-line is what this society feeds on in these times.
Why is this any different? and the average customer knows nothing better? | |
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jpeoples
join:2002-04-28
Burleson, TX | copper and ATT Seems the topics go together .. was copper found in a Tomb in Eqypt.... seems about right for "ATT technology wizards" | |
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