majortom1029
join:2006-10-19
Lindenhurst, NY | hmm
Isnt Vermont a lot of mountains? Wouldn't it be hard to wire all of vermont with fiber due to the states geography? |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | Mountains aren't great for wireless either, though. |
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nycommconnect
@taconic.net
| reply to majortom1029
yea i was gonna say that too. its alot easier to string fiber and know its going to be reliable then put up some antennas and know that they will be reliable.
and in response to above posts:
fairpoint is a horrible company. i have them here in eastern new york. we have had them since the 1990's. before that the company was known as Taconic Telephone and they actually cared about things. now fairpoint has no plans for doing anything in the next 10 years (i know the plant manager) and they are going to wait until the copper network is milked for EVERYTHING it can be.
and were not waiting for that to happen.
so we have a group thats going to change it all. |
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bicker
join:2007-05-10
Burlington, MA | There is a reason why no one wants to offer service in the state. There isn't enough profit in it. No one is owed anything; if there isn't a big enough profit motive in it, then don't expect to have great service options. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | If they don't want to be a public utlity, its simple, let the public revoke their ROW access, and sieze the physical plant and make muni telcos who give a shit and are willing to get USDA fiber loans. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| Verizon found a solution to that problem more palatable to it's shareholders than yours, I suppose...
Fairpoint does want to provide service to these states, but seems convinced that FTTH isn't necessary, and even if it did probably couldn't afford to make a large-scale deployment with it's existing large debt. |
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bicker
join:2007-05-10
Burlington, MA
| reply to patcat88
As long as the public is willing to pay them what their network is worth, as per the requirements of eminent domain, then that's fine. But the public is too cheap to spend taxpayer money that way.
So live with what you've got, because we don't deserve any more than we're willing to pay for. |
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