BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Now only if TDS would
make DSL available to my friend that lives a few miles out of town that for somereason is serviced by TDS and not at&t.
Call me silly but whynot get broadband to ALL your customers FIRST before giving other customers the next great thing. |
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pende_tim
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join:2004-01-04
Andover, NJ
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1 edit | Just a guess here but it would be logical for them to deploy this instead of DSL. A lot less expensive than copper considering all the costs of upgrading a RT or Co and conditioning a subscriber line for DSL. Also it can be rolled out to folks who do not have a phone line with them.
Don't forget that DSL is very distance sensitive: to get 6mb/sec down the customer needs to be on good copper and less than 8-9 kft from the DSLAM. Upload is limited to under 1 Mb/sec no matter how close you are. Over 15kft EWL, speeds drop very quickly.
They are stating a 2 mile limit now, I suspect that this limit is just for getting things rolling. As they gain experience, this distance should increase. That is just speculation however.... only TDS knows for sure. |
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