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Re: Don't preach to me about Pronto. What is the population of the city you live in? AND, how far are you from the CO? From what I've seen and heard, the fiber is pretty much laid, but the RT's need to be installed- which is a difficult task to get past local zoning boards that don't want to allow a new "commercial" type building in residential or industrial zoned areas.
Add to that the issue of requirements to upgrade the current network (especially in the summer months when technicians are working 60-70 hours plus just to install POTS line) means slower progress than you might think is possible or even acceptable.
DSL subscriber base growth and availability growth statistics (read the latest financials for 2Q for SBC) means that Pronto is going as fast as possible. You have to realize that it is only in year 2 of a 3 year plus plan.
I find it interesting that you interpreted "end of 2002" to mean 2025. Do you always add 23 years to numbers like that?
michael74 |
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Beeville, TX | For starters, the town I live in is about 25,000 in population. I've seen pronto go in for communities much smaller than that. I'm also a little over 25,000 feet from the CO and I'm on pair gain-cable.
As far as all the SBC rhetoric about Pronto being stalled by lack of fiber etc. and it going as quickly as possible, that's horse****! SBC has made it a point to stonewall everywhere possible so they don't have to go anywhere they feel they will be made to play by the rules or will have to actually give a decent level of service to satisfy people.
If you read my previous post, I was told sometime after the end of 2002. With what I've seen that means it's pushed somewhere between hell freezing over and Ralph Nader being elected president. Therefore, 2025 seems right around the time SBC will get around to it.
Six Billion Dollars? It must've been blown in Vegas at a craps table, because I sure as hell haven't gained one advantage from this so called push to provide service.
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What's that? Project Pronto? 6 billion dollars? Nope, never seen it. Must be just another pack of lies from SBC.
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