| reply to kahunanull
Re: That's utterly fascinating... I agree with some of what you have said but not all. Of course things may vary from region to region, state to state. From most of what I have heard... and from a friend or two on the East Coast the DSL on there is behind the curve. So that may account for some of the statements here.
Here in Cali (at least the area I live and work in) we have fiber to RT (SLAM) which is usually with in a mile (but can be as many as three to five miles) of the prem... if we are talking rural areas. We have a small farming community some eight miles outside of town which has fiber fed DSL. Ask them if they can get cable modem service. Or even cable TV service out there... or if they even want it.
In my area ComCast cable is behind... way behind. We are putting a huge hurt on them. Our 1536/384 DSL is $12.95 for the year with free equipment and free activation. And we have fiber to the RT feeding 75% of the people who are not within two miles of the CO. With only one area of town not yet covered by a SLAM (RT) int eh field.
DSL does not slow down at peak hour usage... that is the
internet. Cable on the other hand does. One conductor for an entire neighborhood. Not so with DSL.
We also have fiber to the prem for all new neighborhoods. Each house has 37mb per fiber to the prem. One fiber at the RT feeds twelve houses. Try that with cable. Only downfall so far is it is newer technology and some bugs are still present on occasion.
We are even rolling out fiber to the NOD here and hopefully will begin offering the major networks to our fiber to the prem customers soon.
I get the new at&t Yahoo elite package for $27.95 (plus taxes). Which is 6016/768. No slower speeds during peak usage. No faster speeds when the neighbors finally go to bed. I get over 600 kbps if the download server can handle it.
Though I am not knocking cable. I would have it in a heart beat if DSL wasn't available. :P |
