 RobIn Deo speramus, God Bless the USAPremium
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Re: AT&T has big plans for U-Verse said by timcuth:There is a big difference between "homes passed" and actual customers. If 1% of the 30 million homes passed actually subscribed, that would yield 300,000 paying customers. Who wants this service, anyway? I don't see any advantage over DSL on the broadband side. Is it better than cable or satellite for TV service? Also, they had better be prepared to offer everything in HDTV, as that is the way everyone is going. Tim What gets me is, in 2010, it'll be time to upgrade the network to all fiber. It's a never ending story with them. |
1 edit | i don't see how u-verse is all that bad. i know it is FTTN not FTTH, but it allows for some of the present infrastructure to be used, and i wouldn't be surprised if it is faster to wire a town/city up than FTTH, but that is just speculation. i'm also guessing the time from when the order was placed to when the connection is live is faster, they probably could even do without sending a technician to install, since it is just VDSL from node to house.
isn't MDUs hold up verizon (no conspiracy theories please) to some extent? FTTN can bypass that issue for the most part, they can also wait for verizon to figure out a good method of getting fiber to MDU that also has been tested, in-field, extensively. when ATT is finally ready to convert from FTTN to FTTH all they need to do is run fiber for the last few thousand feet, which could be a long time from now. according to wikipedia, it looks like major cities are getting wired up first, something verizon is avoiding (atleast has been) ignoring for a while. |
