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Comments on news posted 2008-05-28 09:10:55: [att=1229414,r]The Connecticut DPUC yesterday ruled that AT&T must get the permission of abutting landowners and municipalities before it can install utility boxes for its U-verse VDSL/IPTV service. ..
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ReVeLaTeD
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join:2001-11-10
San Diego, CA
| I don't understand Why they don't just install these on the corners of city blocks, right on the curb? Nobody ever parks there, there's no need to mess up people's lawns, doesn't detract from land value, etc.
Of course I don't see the need for this service anyway, but still... | |
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Harddrive
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join:2000-09-20
Norwich, CT | Bring it to my House! i already cleared a spot out in my backyard for them to put the VRAD there for the neighborhood.
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gimme5
join:2002-12-23
Kissimmee, FL | Re: To be honest..... I'd say no. Not that I'm a jerk or anything, but I wouldn't want a 7' tallbox in my front yard. I think most people would refuse. The best way to get approval from the owner would be monetary compensation / free service. | |
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trparky
Bite My Shiny Metal Ass
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join:2000-05-24
Cleveland, OH
clubs: | Re: To be honest..... Put it in my back yard! Nobody will see it there, I'll even clear a place for it. Oh, and here's a CAT6 wire, yeah. Can you please connect it for me to your box?
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| decifal
join:2007-03-10
Bon Aqua, TN
| tell ya what Tell you what.. AT least have it so I can get the service (( not place the damn box in my yard and tell me i'm serviced from another box thats too far away and that i'm sol )) and i'm game... You could always shallow plant with your hands some small shrubs or something to cover it up.. Blame the terrorist or something ;-p
Though i'm on sprints wireless with no landline now.. So I maybe bias of the situation.. | |
| cornelius785
join:2006-10-26
Worcester, MA
| great job AG :( i have a feeling that this will result in much slower deployment of Uverse, perhaps a complete halt for connecticut, good job AG for ensuring connecticut has poor broadband. the one company actually building a network that actually deploying a little bit of fiber may stop completely now. i highly doubt that there are a lot of land owners that will allow a VRAD to be on their property (how is this any different from having a power transformer on the ground? they are like 3'x3'x4' in size. maybe i'm just missing something).
i'm doubting it is possible to drastically shrink the cabinent, so i guess they could put a bunch underground, but even that may not be possible.
i've read a few posts on how verizon seems to have 'solved' the problem. except there some major differences: 1-the fiber nodes are passive and don't need to do need to do anything really complex like interfacing a fiber line to a whole bunch of copper lines so the boxes are much smaller; 2-most fiber splitting boxes are mounted on poles and the last time i checked, verizon is giving preferences to places in which they don't have to dig. | |
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