| what about tommrow's needs? ok, the bandwidth may be sufficient for most people as of today. what about the future? |
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 wilbilt Pronto ResurrectedPremium
join:2004-01-11
Oroville, CA | Said by SBC:
“But what we’re finding is that most households are becoming more dependent on broadband access,” he said. “Everything from having kids in school to managing the household.” Duh! What a revelation!
They are just now realizing this???
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Rural users don't need broadband. We're just a bunch of hicks on Welfare. How about outsourcing your call centers to us? |
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 batageekSlave To The DuopolyPremium
join:2003-01-25
3 edits | Last year SBC's tune in the area was entirely different.
Lying bast@rds!
»www.tricitybroadband.com/videos/unproven.wmv
Who's talking from the podium on the video? Kirk Brannock, president of Network Services for SBC Midwest (see this story: »Illinois Muni-Foes Come Together ) to members of the Batavia, IL City Council
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 VarlikWithout Honor You Will Never Be FreePremium
join:2002-01-06
Anderson, SC
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said by wilbilt:Said by SBC: “But what we’re finding is that most households are becoming more dependent on broadband access,” he said. “Everything from having kids in school to managing the household.” Duh! What a revelation! They are just now realizing this??? lol:D When I heard that I was like, Welcome to three years ago. They're a day late and a dollar short. But don't worry they'll increase their rates or add another Un-Fee to recoup that dollar.
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"Sir SIR! We don't use DHCP servers. We only use IBM & Microsoft servers." From there my call to tech support went steadily downhill. |
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 maartenaElmoPremium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
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Well.... the advantage of fiber is that you crank up the bandwidth on it fairly easily. Basically, what people get is a 24-lane freeway with only 1 lane blocked off by orange cones. To get more bandwidth, all they have to do is move the cones up 1 lane. 
This is also true for DSL and Cable, however DSL is most limited by this as current technologies - even with ADSL2+ and VDSL - require you to be within a certain distance of the CO. Cable does not have the distance problem, and cableproviders are already proving (Optimum Online) that they can deliver great speeds through cable.
If Cable wants to win a big market share, all they have to do is match it up to Verizon's FIOS at 15 down, 2 up. They can do it, they have the technology, and the telco's have no way of catching up unless they deploy fiber and deploy it fast. But instead of beating the market by staying ahead of the pack, they actually wait till they see customers dropping services.....
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George W. Bush on Clinton going into Kosovo, 1999: “I think it’s also important for the president to lay out a timetable as to how long they will be involved and when they will be withdrawn.”
Right. We're still waiting for that Mr. Bush.... |
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