kash
join:2005-08-13
Houston, TX | boxes
stick one in my backyard give me an unmeterd, un restricted connection and i'll be the happiest camper alive! |
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cbrigante2
Cubs 20??
Premium
join:2002-11-22
North Aurora, IL
| said by kash  :stick one in my backyard give me an unmeterd, un restricted connection and i'll be the happiest camper alive! How about if they stick one in your backyard and give you the same exact rates as everyone else? Would you still be the happiest camper alive? |
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rudnicke
Premium
join:2004-10-23
Rantoul, IL | Underground
Why can't they bury those things in a pit and put a cover over it? They really are ugly. |
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Mactron
el camino Real
Premium
join:2001-12-16
CM94sv
| said by rudnicke :Why can't they bury those things in a pit and put a cover over it? They really are ugly. Simple... $$$$$$$ 
An underground Vault would many times more expensive.
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Edrick
Premium
join:2004-09-11
Orlando, FL | mmmm
zomg! No progressing technology! It's ugly don't use it!
hmmm how about they plant some shrubs around it.
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cooperaaaron
join:2004-04-10
Joliet, IL | Or...
build some type of enclosure to cover it depending where it is, keep it tasteful. |
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r81984
Fair and Balanced
Premium
join:2001-11-14
St John'S, NL | Mask them
Why cant they mask them like cell phone companys have done with cell towers.
Search "stealth cell towers" in google pictures to see what I mean.
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anon2007
@rr.com
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Re: boxes
said by kash :stick one in my backyard give me an unmeterd, un restricted connection and i'll be the happiest camper alive! I'll be a happier camper if at&t stick it in your front yard, give me me unrestricted connection and disqualify you from the service. |
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MrMoody
Carbon Based Lifeform
join:2002-09-03
Smithfield, NC
 ·Embarq
 ·Skype
·magicjack.com
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Re: mmmm
NIMBY! NIMFY either!
The Embarq remote terminal I'm hooked up to looks roughly like that but wider, no one complains that I've heard.
Shrubs is a fine idea although you could only block three sides.
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mixduptransistor
@uab.edu | ugh
People want cheap service but then they don't want to deal with the equipment. Ok, so AT&T buries the terminals in an underground vault. Hope you're prepared to pay $100 for phone service, $200 for 1.5mbit DSL, and $150 for 70 channels of TV. |
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bolt
Former Broadband Exile
Premium
join:2003-11-11
Charlestown, IN | Camouflage
Maybe they should paint the a camouflage scheme and the people won't be able to see them.;) That or maybe they should paint them blaze orange or hot pink for a while. After that, people won't be bitching about the dull gray ones. |
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cbrigante2
Cubs 20??
Premium
join:2002-11-22
North Aurora, IL
| reply to r81984
Re: Mask them
said by r81984 :Why cant they mask them like cell phone companys have done with cell towers. Search "stealth cell towers" in google pictures to see what I mean. Cell phone companies don't do that on most towers. The few that you see when you search "stealth cell towers" are VERY expensive to put up vs. the normal tower. |
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Dennis
Premium,Mod
join:2001-01-26
Algonquin, IL
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Re: Camouflage
I don't see anything |
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jester121
Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | Too funny...
West Chicago has a LOT more serious problems that are decreasing property values -- try illegal aliens living 12 to a house and driving around without insurance flying Mexican flags (year round!) and blaring music out of their cars. |
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bogey780
join:2004-03-19
Here
| reply to cooperaaaron
Re: Or...
The far and away majority are put in out of the way places or fenced in. But Chicago politicians just want more graft from ATT so they'll rail on them. They have more money than homeless people and less local political power than developers (both of which are far greater at ruining the scenery. |
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kapil
The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL
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Re: Too funny...
said by jester121 :West Chicago has a LOT more serious problems that are decreasing property values -- try illegal aliens living 12 to a house and driving around without insurance flying Mexican flags (year round!) and blaring music out of their cars. It's odd that you think that. I know for a fact that West Chicago is the fastest growing community in DuPage and one of the fastest growing in Illinois. Property values have been going up like crazy. There is a reason developers chose West Chicago for the RTP-like DuPage Technology Park...and government and industry have been flocking to it!
In all my years of living and working there and around there, I've never noticed the large numbers of illegal immigrants, Mexican flags or insurance-less drivers you mention. I also don't hear the blaring music very often.
We take much pride in our diversity and find the monochromatic population in your neck of the woods rather clique-ish and, well, boring.
The community is vibrant...people still leave their homes and talk to their neighbors...walk to the parks and shops instead of driving the Lexus SUV to the nearest of the dozen starbucks!
The town is close to Chicago, other major cities, shopping, job centers, highways, parks, schools, places of worship etc.
The Illinois prairie path weaves through town, there is a train station and a history museum....the City has partnered with developers to re-invigorate the downtown area.
Crime rate is one of the lowest in the area. There's also that Airport...the third busiest in Illinois after ORD and MDW.
Sure there are Mexican flags...and Irish and Italian and many others. There is even a Mexican independence day parade...but also a 4th of July one.
We also have real Mexican food, not just Taco Bell....but my favorite is this little Italian joint downtown where you can feed a family for $20.
I can see why you're so upset though...our way of life is much different than yours in Lake Zurich or Lake County at large...where people have isolated and insulated themselves in their million dollar homes...gotten away from their fellow man...hell, Long Grove doesn't even have street addresses for added privacy. Plus you guys have the worst case of NIMBY ever...there are no highways because no one wants them close to their McMansion....so there are constant traffic jams as all the roads leading anywhere in and out of your area are small 2 lane county roads.
No Thanks.
I'll take my Mexican flags and immigrants over your whitewashed racist neighborhood any day.
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kapil
The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL | reply to bogey780
Re: Or...
West Chicago is not the same as Chicago.
»www.westchicago.org |
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DJ_Kismuth
join:2001-11-25
Chicago, IL
| UGLY
Those things are ugly, hopefully they'll be vandalized.
Even worse is these boxes are providing an OBSOLETE technology! DSL sucks compared to cable and FIOS. Why do DSL ISPs use PPPoE? It's so annoying and only creates more potential problems.
My cable connection is 2 to 3 times faster than any DSL product, and I don't have any nasty ugly looking boxes near my home.
If those boxes were for something worthwhile like FTTH, then that's a different story. |
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MysticGogeta
The Robot Devil
Premium
join:2005-03-14
League City, TX
clubs:
 ·Comcast
| said by DJ_Kismuth :Those things are ugly, hopefully they'll be vandalized. I would do it if it was in my yard.
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA | reply to Dennis
Re: Camouflage
LOL. The VRAD near here is starting to look like that after tagged and repainted a number of times.
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