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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | reply to powerhog
Re: Thats Qwest for You Or maybe they don't have the capitol to invest in their offerings. Don't assume that it's becuase of lack of competition..
If you will remember, these new technologies didn't emerge until all the buy outs and mergers in the late 90s.
I rember being told at my previous company that we were being put up for sale and being bought by Comcast so that we could move forward and offer better technology since they had bigger pockets. My smaller company alone didn't have the capitol resources to invest in these new technologies and deliver them effectively to the consumer.
So, since you mention that they are an EXTREMELY small ILEC, it may simply be lack of funds.
Who is this ILEC by the way? | |
 jhboricuaExMod 2000-01
join:2000-06-06
Minneapolis, MN | Hmmm, DSL was around way before the 90's, LEC's just didn't had any incentive to deploy and canibalize their own profits on inferior but expensive broadband solutions (ISDN anyone?).
The only reason DSL was ever deployed was because of the CLEC's like Covad, Northpoint, etc., who after the Telecomm '96 law took advantage. LEC's HAD to deploy because they had no choice, not because they wanted it.
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Jose A. Hernandez * IT Technician * MPLS, Minnesota, USA * My website: Zerochill | |
fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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kudos:3 | DSL was invented by a scientist at Bell Labs in 1988. Although DSL had immediate potential, it did not become relevant in the public eye for some time. This was due to many factors, including the limited ability of computers at the time to process information at high speeds, and the relatively undeveloped state of the internet at that time.
DSL internet became more important with the advent of affordable broadband technologies in the late 1990's. Though originally just a laboratory quirk, the advantages of DSL in speed over a second phone line were immediately clear. Consumers and internet service providers rapidly warmed to the idea, and it is now one of the most popular forms of broadband internet access in America.
One of the reasons many companies were unwilling to embrace DSL service at first was because it was far more profitable to lease customers a second phone line to allow them to access the internet. As other broadband technologies became available to consumers, however, interest in DSL grew. Gradually, companies realized that users would be willing to pay premium prices for the advantages that DSL provided over older technologies. (Boy, little did they know)
Want to know one of THE first telephone companies to launch DSL? Qwest, formerly U.S. West. I would harldy say that the born date of DSL in 1988 is WAY before the 90's. | |
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