Topic 'Re: Lets see if I get this straight...' in forum '' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Lets-see-if-I-get-this-straight-20094644 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:34:13 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:34:13 EDT Re: Lets see if I get this straight... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Lets-see-if-I-get-this-straight-20094896 said by en102:

This 'video franschise law' promoted by teleco (AT&T) to deploy Uverse worked. I think AT&T also strong armed the state with some threats of pulling its call centers out.
Give it a little bit of time...costs will be as high as the rest of the country.
The strong arm tactics were also paired with a promise to the state to deploy basic DSL to 100 unsevered rural communities "within the next year". A promise they did actually uphold, in December of 2006. The "explosion" of new broadband connections may have taken place, but there's no indication of any ongoing expansion of services taking place.

Edit: Oops - Not 2007]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Lets-see-if-I-get-this-straight-20094896 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:26:52 EDT Re: Lets see if I get this straight... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Lets-see-if-I-get-this-straight-20094789 said by Couch Potato:

said by en102:

I think AT&T also strong armed the state with some threats of pulling its call centers out.
Last year, AT&T opened a NEW call center here in E-ville, making use of the huge, old Sam's Club building, and creating a butt load of new jobs.

I am not a fan of AT&T, just stating that fact.
That's what sealed the deal. Even without the call center, more techs would have to be there for Uverse. Indiana is about the only place where prices have went down. Since AT&T employees get 20-40% off, is that the decrease though? Sure it is part of it. Prices sure as hell aren't going down in Florida.
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-Supergirl]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Lets-see-if-I-get-this-straight-20094789 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:02:08 EDT Re: Lets see if I get this straight... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Lets-see-if-I-get-this-straight-20094668 said by en102:

I think AT&T also strong armed the state with some threats of pulling its call centers out.
Last year, AT&T opened a NEW call center here in E-ville, making use of the huge, old Sam's Club building, and creating a butt load of new jobs.

I am not a fan of AT&T, just stating that fact.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Lets-see-if-I-get-this-straight-20094668 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:32:16 EDT Lets see if I get this straight... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Lets-see-if-I-get-this-straight-20094644 Give it a little bit of time...costs will be as high as the rest of the country.
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