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amungusPremium
join:2004-11-26
America Reviews:
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| what I don't get. Ok, so I understand the debate on "profitable" areas... not going to comment on that part.
I understand distance limitations for DSL.
What I don't understand, is why telephone lines are run ANYWHERE... to MOST households anywhere. It took lots of time, and lots of work, and lots of money to pay for all of it.
So if they spent all that time wiring up everyone, why not offer DSL to ANY area with more than say, 5 houses within a mile, who want it? Why aren't these companies REQUIRED to wire DSL nodes to places that ASK kindly to PAY these people more?
I understand leaving a spot here or there because of maybe workload, logistics, or that maybe nobody ever asked. There are several places around here that can't get it, but there are also those who ask for it... there's a wonderful little telco east of here that sucked it up and gave the people what they wanted... as a result, there's DSL in the boonies for people who might NEVER have had any other form of high speed internet.
"DSL is available to most of our customers where we provide telephone service."
-and in fact, MILES out of town!
»www.wamtelco.com/?IN-DSL
I lived out at a friends house 5 or 6 miles out of town, 1.5Mbps DSL with low latency and a stable connection.
Why can't these Furry-eye-zoned-out (verizon) losers suck it up and help out their neighbors???
That's what I don't get. The people who built the phone system as we know it were not weaklings. They had to suck it up and do what had to be done... Again, I realize distance limitations here with a digitized signal, but if people are clammoring for it, why not hook 'em up? Esp. if the MAJOR work has already been done! All it really takes is what, a few quality repeaters, some cards? Time? Money?
Yes it does. So did setting up those lines. Betcha it cost MUCH more to do that than it would to finally get some DSL to people.
...Then again, what I really think is that ALL the telco's should be working on turbo, ultra, super, fantabulous FIBER... | |
| For the Telco's it's all about survival. They are losing landlines faster than they are signing up DSL customers. It's pretty obvious that DSL will not save them. That's why video and speed are so important. AT&T will be destroyed by that U-Verse and Homezone BS.
One of the previous posters was right. This is a capitalist society. Though no cable company or Telco will admit it, they would all prefer areas with high returns on investments. Don't kid yourself, that's what deployment is, an investment. Business isn't charity. Try to open a well known fast food restaurant. many are pretty picky about where you open one of their stores. Is it right? Maybe not. But you don't stay in business for being a good citizen. Voting is done with dollars now. If you don't have the money, you're stuck out. | | |
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moresuo
join:2001-08-26
Stewartsville, NJ Reviews:
·PenTeleData
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| said by soothsayer15:AT&T will be destroyed by that U-Verse and Homezone BS. AT&T isn't a long distance communications carrier business anymore. They want to be IBM. That is their goal now-days. The offer turn-key networking solutions. | |
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