 pfakBow before me for I am rootPremium
join:2002-12-29
Vancouver, BC
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Re: And I DON'T want to see them I wouldn't want a large refrigerator sized box in my front yard. In fact, if there was one in my front yard it would disappear quite quickly.
It's pretty arrogant on AT&T's part to put large boxes like these in peoples front yards, and yes, if I did live in the states' I would take no U-verse over having one of these monsters in my front yard.
May I ask, are you even a property owner?
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 CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County
1 edit | Yes - I am for the last 10 years and they have been going in around town as well since I am in Ohio. |
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 yockTFTCPremium
join:2000-11-21
Miamisburg, OH
kudos:3 | said by CylonRed:Yes - I am for the last 10 years and they have been going in around town as well since I am in Ohio. I thought I saw one over off of Far Hills in Kettering recently. I was driving by and didn't get a good look...but man, if in fact that's what caught my eye then I utterly understand the frustration. |
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CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | There are several in my area of Beavercreek. My area is at the fringes of distance and the newer neighborhoods I am certain are to far for regular DSL or right on the cusp. I am at just over 12,300 ft or so. |
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said by pfak:May I ask, are you even a property owner? Here's a dumb question: Why doesn't AT&T compensate the property owners somehow?
When I was working in the WISP business we deployed over a dozen "mini-POPs" (mini point of presence) to reach customers that didn't have a good line of sight to one of our main POPs. We built them out of small sheds and usually offered the property owner free internet access if he was willing to let us place one on his property. We figured that giving away free service to one customer was worthwhile if we got ten paying customers out of the deal. I'm guessing that these boxes serve more than 10 customers and that the ratio would be a lot more favorable for AT&T if they were to attempt a solution like this.
Of course I don't pretend that a solution that worked for a small company with 2,000 customers would scale well for an outfit the size of AT&T -- but this attitude of "Bend over, there's nothing you can do to stop us" is the reason why everybody hates the phone company. Surely there is a better way they could go about this? |
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 KoolMoeAw ManPremium
join:2001-02-14
Annapolis, MD | TOTALLY agree and I've said the same thing. I'm not sure why I'm amazed that whatever company doesn't offer the inconvenienced homeowner free, or at least discounted, services in exchange As you say, one freebie for many payers?
Surely...
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and this is why Canada is getting yanked by bell and throttling for people like you prevent competition. |
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CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | I wish i could follow your post but I can't... |
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