 extreme50Formerly TwoKDialupPremium
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Coloma, MI | . I've got municipal water, sewer and Aquila natural gas available at my address yet the mighty AT&T still can't deliver DSL, not that I'd want to downgrade from Comcast HSI.
So where are all those USF dollars going?
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| Into the execs pockets (and in-turn some falls into the politicians' they pay off to keep it that way)... where else?
No matter how many times they will say it, I don't see competion. I don't see competion coming. In fact, I see less of it coming. I also don't see more people being served. Just a sad attempt at bringing a few more profitable areas with next generation (can you call AT&Ts deployment that?) internet without increasing to any (or at least many) other areas than who they currently serve, specifically since the FCC seems to be a stamp for the telcos.
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| said by jimbo2150:Into the execs pockets (and in-turn some falls into the politicians' they pay off to keep it that way)... where else? No matter how many times they will say it, I don't see competion. I don't see competion coming. In fact, I see less of it coming. I also don't see more people being served. Just a sad attempt at bringing a few more profitable areas with next generation (can you call AT&Ts deployment that?) internet without increasing to any (or at least many) other areas than who they currently serve, specifically since the FCC seems to be a stamp for the telcos. But, but, but!!! You simply don't understand! They are our betters, divinely endowed with wisdom, intelligence and judgement far beyond that of us one-fodder units. They are making money in great gouts, which is the natural order of things. No matter they have not delivered services or levels of service as they promised they would when they testified before congress in the run-up to the Telecom Dereg Act of '96. No matter that they tariff the hell out of their services and collect government-ordered fees that are supposed to be applied to the expansion of services into the areas where said services still don't exist. No matter rollout of said services into said areas has been at a realtive state of stasis for many years. Competition? That is for the rabble.
No matter. They are our betters and it is beneath them to even have to think about justifying themselves. We are simply fortunate to breathe the same air they do, and hope for a better life in the hereafter.
Please excuse me: I am off to read another chapter of the Cliff's Notes of "Atlas Shrugged". |
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Yes its next generation, the only sad part is that its cable's old generation and they are allready onto their next gen system |
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| said by RIRWIN1983:Yes its next generation, the only sad part is that its cable's old generation and they are allready onto their next gen system Exactly.
ATT started offering 6mb/s in what... 04, 05 was it?
Cable already had 5mb/s conncetions at that time. Cable now has a 15mb/s tier (at least in my area). Thats the fastest speed locally now. ATT still has 6. ATT UVerse (next gen?) still 6.
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