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| Verizon land grab? Someone just posted in the Dallas forums that they are in AT&T territory and Verizon just put a flyer on their door that said FIOS will be there soon and they see flags throguh the neighborhood indicating fiber is going in. That would be awesome if Verizon and AT&T started competing. If nothing else, Verizon is giving AT&T a reason to stop procrastinating and get the fiber network installed. This is the first time I've heard of Verizon invading AT&T territory and I'd like to know if this is an isolated incident but how could you find that out? Also, what is the agreement between the ILEC's regarding territories? Is it a hand shake deal or is a legal document that defines who's territory is who's and what are the repercussions of stepping on the other's turf?
Serves AT&T right for continuing this charade of "dsl is sufficient and fber is something for your diet." Hell in 1995, everyone thought that 28.8kbps was sufficient. Don't they realize they are intentionally stunting the technological growth of the country?!!?  | | |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | There's no formal agreement among the Baby Bells- its mostly about right-of-way agreements. Verizon, as the legal descendant of Ma Bell and General Telephone in their areas, has the right to string up wires anywhere- they don't need new agreements with the town to put up FiOS (they do for television, but that's irrelevant to putting up the wires). To deploy FiOS elsewhere, they'd have to get all new right-of-way in addition to cable franchise agreements, which would be costly.
The area in Texas, as I recall reading, was a town that was partially served by Verizon and partially by at&t. It may be that when GTE's predecessor in the area got permission to wire, they got a town-wide agreement, or perhaps Verizon is thinking of moving from the old RBOC limits and is using it as a test ground, since they're already right there. | |
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join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
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| said by EPS:...Verizon, as the legal descendant of Ma Bell and General Telephone in their areas, has the right to string up wires anywhere... Well, almost anywhere. In Rockville MD, the city took the stance that fiber isn't for just "telephone and telegraph", so they feel they have to right to keep Verizon out. So far, the city's been successful. Talk about a black hole!
Fortunately for me, I'm outside the city limits, where's there's plenty of light, thanks to Verizon's fiber. | |
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