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factchecker @cox.net	reply to pnh102 Re: Esme Vos the typical liberal said by factchecker : Note that things like franchise agreements don't apply. And why not? We saw how FIOS video was held up in NYC (and in other areas) over concerns regarding cherry-picking. The end result of this was no one got any video service. We also saw that in places where there were looser restrictions, such as Indiana, there was broader deployment of service. Video service... Not ISP service... Only video service was really affected. Verizon could have easily rolled just data and phone. There was absolutely no barrier to voice and data service. said by factchecker : Get ready for that to change. Note the story post this morning about Sprint and other providers moving to caps. It is a capacity issue and it will take years to resolve. I'm curious about this too. My personal guess is that Sprint just wants to have a way to cut off people who they believe abuse their service. At the very least Sprint and Verizon advertise their caps, unlike some other ISPs. Actually, it is a capacity issue. Sprint has started running into issues with backhaul saturation on towers in some of largest markets. Until 4G wireless or greater backhual becomes more readily accessible, the caps will remain. Hopefully Sprint doesn't pull 5GB caps on their enterprise customers because we'll definitely consider pulling out of our contract if they do.
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pnh102 Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty Premium join:2002-05-02 Mount Airy, MD	said by factchecker : Video service... Not ISP service... Only video service was really affected. Verizon could have easily rolled just data and phone. True, but having another video option increases competition. Prices may not go down, but quality will at least go up. Government standing in the way of progress doesn't help anyone here. said by factchecker : Actually, it is a capacity issue. Sprint has started running into issues with backhaul saturation on towers in some of largest markets. Until 4G wireless or greater backhual becomes more readily accessible, the caps will remain. Funny you mention that. It has been said here that Sprint's biggest problem is its customer service. Personally, I think if they fixed all the problems that caused people to contact customer service, they'd be have a much better time doing business than they do now. said by factchecker : Hopefully Sprint doesn't pull 5GB caps on their enterprise customers because we'll definitely consider pulling out of our contract if they do. Considering that they are just going to antagonize more of their users with their latest move... you might wanna get going on that. -- This isn't fair! I was only supposed to hate just ONE presidential candidate!
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