| Competition? What competition?
I am fortunate enough to live close enough to the inner part of a rather large township where SBC has deployed DSL probably due to the fact that there are generous helpings of rich neighborhoods in the area. "Competing" with SBC is the local cable company which I no longer see as competition.
The local cable company has upped everyone's 3Mb/s tier to 5Mb/s (for a similar price to to SBC's 3Mb/s tier), and also converted their 5Mb/s tier to a 10Mb/s tier for the same price as SBC's 6Mb/s tier. Unfortunately, Im stuck in a year contract with SBC (another one of their 'non-competing' strategies).
My uncle, who lives about 5 miles from my abode, only has cable available to him. He is 'just' out of range of the CO and I have not seen any RTs out his way. Yet heading the other direction there are a few new housing developements being built out that way and I see SBC trucks and RTs everywhere.
I will consider it competition when at least 98% of america has a choice of either, contracts are not involved, and the speeds offered are the same/very similar.
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- "Techie" Jim |
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Lowell, AR | Good point.
Two pipes? Sorry. Only one broadband pipe is available in our neighborhood. We're 18,000 to 28,000 feet from the CO (I guess the wire length changes with temperature  ). RTs? Yes, we have one. No, DSL is not available from it. Nor can we have our phone circuit switched to it. I guess it's for "other people."
I agree with you - "competition" doesn't exist in many parts of the country. |
