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bogey780

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reply to BF69

Re: Cherry picking=MYTH

Everyone overlooks that here's a complicated algorythm used to deermine who gets what.

Generally it can be boiled down to cost of upgrade vs ROI. And yes, sometimes poor areas get advanced services first. Ask IFITL customers how it feels to be using the most advanced FTTC connection of the late 1990s and why they haven't been upgraded.
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en102
Canadian, eh?

join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA

I agree...part of ROI is the cost to deploy (i.e. how much does it cost to put a VRAD in that area, and run fiber/power to it) and if there's anyone there to use it.

Case in point, many parts of Santa Clarita had VRAD's 1 year ago... why ? Because the area was cheaper to deploy (newer POTS lines, and most likely fiber in the area, but not close to a CO). This area was only built --
Canada = Hollywood North

to forum · permalink · 2007-10-16 11:21:57 ·
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