| Sounds good... We all know that 100% FiOS deployment is far away into the future. VDSL will be an option to "soothe" desperate customers and also to maintain their DSL clientele from migrating to Cable. Good move Verizon! Me, personally, am 1300 feet from the CO, but switched over to Cable. If Verizon rolls this out, I'm definitely switching back. |
JohnAPremium
join:2003-09-16
Pittsburgh, PA |
VDSL is for use in MDUs, where they can't put fiber to the floors, not coming straight out of the COs.
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to Nymostwanted
Verizon shouldnt be wasting money on VDSL only to replace the areas with FiOS in 5 years. Plus, how much % of people live close enough to a CO to qualify to for VDSL, a very small fraction IMO, and it would be a big waste for Verizon to installed the service or even advertise it when they will have to say no to the majority of people. Verizon said they will be getting to doing the majority of rural areas when they finish with the higher population areas and they have a intention to wire most rural areas (something ATT hasnt said) and they specifically said Fios isnt going to be 100% by the end of the main "fios project", but they will have wired the majority of rural areas. Ugh, the newsletter quoted here was taken down, but i remmeber it in my head sorta »Sooo... FIOS in rural areas w/ pop under 1200? My opinion is that means basically VZ will put FIOS practically everywhere and VDSL is pointless and a complete waste of money. Now for in-building instalations, its fine. The person not getting fiber because of Landlord isnt Verizon's fault, and Verizon shouldnt have to deal with a uncooperative landlord, and VDSL is better than nothing with a uncooperative landlord. |
