Karl Bode
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Re: let's face it,
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But in this current political environment...pfffttt.....
Ding.
Ultimately, Verizon will probably convince Uncle Sam to approve a half-baked plan, cooked up by Verizon lobbyists to give them billions in taxpayer dollars to use on limited rural deployment of next-gen networks. But nobody in the government will effectively track spending, and nobody will independently track Verizon deployment claims, and the problem of deployment service holes will continue.
Some argue that's essentially what this new "Connected Nation" proposal is. Except in that case, Connected Nation takes State funds, puts on a dog and pony show with incumbent partners, and then fudges the numbers to make it look like something's actually being done. |
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| said by Karl Bode  :Ding. Ultimately In the past, Verizon will probably convince(ed) Uncle Sam Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to approve a half-baked plan, cooked up by Verizon lobbyists to give them billions in taxpayer dollars to use on limited rural deployment of next-gen networks. But nobody in the government will effectively track spending, and nobody will independently track Verizon deployment claims, and the problem of deployment service holes will continue. Sorry Karl, I couldn't resist....
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.
Those of us in Pennsylvania still remember being swindled out of a big pile of cash by Verizon.
Funny, all of New Castle County Delaware is wired up for FiOS, but my house just across the border in PA isn't yet.
Same shit, different day....
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PDXPLT
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said by Karl Bode : Ultimately, Verizon will probably convince Uncle Sam to approve a half-baked plan, cooked up by Verizon lobbyists to give them billions in taxpayer dollars to use on limited rural deployment of next-gen networks. Well that's exactly what they've been doing already. Tauke, the Gov't Affairs VP, has been busy testifying in DC that gov't "assistance" will be necessary before VZ even considers deploying any broadband to areas where the ROI isn't as high as it is in the areas they've deployed to already ... |
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Washington, DC | Do you have FIOS in Banks? |
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Karl Bode
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Well that's exactly what they've been doing already. Tauke, the Gov't Affairs VP, has been busy testifying in DC that gov't "assistance" will be necessary before VZ even considers deploying any broadband to areas where the ROI isn't as high as it is in the areas they've deployed to already ...
Yeah, they've started making a push for that money for a few years now. Given nobody has EVER bothered to effectively track where USF money goes or how it's spent, I'm sure they're jumping at the bit to get rolling.
Seriously, for those really interested in this issue from a humanistic perspective (and have seen it's not about partisan bickering), I advise you to keep a very close eye on this "Connected Nation" Movement. I strongly believe it's a monopoly lobbying effort dressed up as a deployment plan.
The real goal is to use taxpayer dollars to create an incumbent lobbying machine whose "deployment plan" pre-empts more effective & progressive plans, ensures incumbents are the only ones getting cash for such projects, while fudging the deployment numbers to make people think the problem is being addressed...
I've been digging into them for a while, and their numbers are painfully suspect. I really do think these folks may be cooking up the biggest scam ever perpetrated in the telecom sector.... |
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said by funchords :Do you have FIOS in Banks? Nope. And VZ has told the Washington Country franchise regulator that neither Banks nor North Plains will be getting it.
Not that I care: I just wish they'd deploy DSL everywhere they have the infrastructure to deploy it (i.e., where they have the fiber trunks, and the DSL-capable RT's). But it looks like they're not deploying DSL outside the Comcast footprint. |
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