kapil
The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL | reply to bogey780
Re: Or...
West Chicago is not the same as Chicago.
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bogey780
join:2004-03-19
Here | Either way...the point about their demands and purity of interests remain. |
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kapil
The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL
| Not really. If you've seen some existing installation of the ATT boxes, you'd see why everyone is upset about them being placed in their back yard or community.
Not to mention that AT&T and its predecessor companies have a long history of screwing the consumer...especially Illinoisans.
This is not a political issue...the City is just obeying the will of the people.
West Chicago is served pretty well by existing 6Mbps ATT DSL, so we don't need Fiber for the same speed but with an extra side of monopoly fries.
There is also Comcast for both broadband and TV. Satellite for TV.
Covad and XO for DSL. Sprint Broadband Direct and soon Sprint XOHM for wireless Internet...not to mention the 5 or so independent wireless ISPs and the omnipresent WiFi.
I'd love to have more competition, more innovative services, cheaper prices etc. But what AT&T is peddling is none of those things....it's 6Mbps Internet, with second-rate IPTV...and it cuts out the last remaining shreds of CLEC competition. No thanks.
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fiber_man
Things Happen For A Reason
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join:2001-01-27
Port Saint Lucie, FL | Think about IT
These companies that you talk about don't work without connecting to At&t at some point to get you to the internet.
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kapil
The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL | AT&T, despite what it likes to think, not the entire Internet. There are plenty of backbone providers.
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