| Obsession? Do homeowners in other countries (e.g. those with much faster and cheaper broadband) bitch and moan about property values like this?
And do they consider things like infrastructure improvements as devaluing?
(Am I crazy/alone in considering a DSLAM or cell tower in a neighborhood to be a plus?)
Did people living near the Eisenhower Interstates in the 50s bitch and moan about how the government was ruining their property values by putting up massive concrete behemoths in their neighborhoods? |
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wierdo
join:2001-02-16
Tulsa, OK Reviews:
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| said by krom :
Did people living near the Eisenhower Interstates in the 50s bitch and moan about how the government was ruining their property values by putting up massive concrete behemoths in their neighborhoods?
Where I grew up when they were putting in an Interstate in the 70s, people were happy about it. They were either getting their house bought for a fair price and moving to a better neighborhood or they were suddenly on a cul de sac. Either way they generally considered it an improvement.
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 BK3
join:2001-04-10
Geneva, IL | reply to krom
said by krom :
Did people living near the Eisenhower Interstates in the 50s bitch and moan about how the government was ruining their property values by putting up massive concrete behemoths in their neighborhoods?
I am sure some did. However, there is a big difference between the Federal Gov't building an interstate highway system for the benefit of all, and AT&T building out an internet/TV system for the benefit of their bottom line and stockholders.
Don't get me wrong, I am all in favor of corps building out and turning a profit, but not when it means running roughshod over the very people they want as customers. A little give-and-take on both sides could yield excellent results. However, it would appear as if AT&T wants all the take with no give.
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 highhatsizeNorm, The Basset For All TimePremium
join:2001-02-08
Spring, TX
·Comcast
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I have lived in middle-class subdivisions. My experience is that individual property owners are amoral about their slice of earth. They will do anything to extend their proprietary reach and to prohibit infringement upon it. They are forever planting bushes or ornamental gardens in the roadway right-of-way as a semiotic assertion of ownership that they actually do not possess. The notion that any of them might silently allow a box to be permanently located outside their house is ludicrous.
Did I mention about homeowners associations being composed of the descendants of Hitler and Stalin minus the personal charm.
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If AT&T wasn't going with IPTV and instead wanted to beef up speeds to the end-user. They'd still need to place these cabinets. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | Only because they're insistent on using VDSL as their next-generation system. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | reply to krom
said by krom :
And do they consider things like infrastructure improvements as devaluing? Maybe this points to where the average citizen in this country places their priorities....and it doesn't appear to be on broadband or IPTV.said by krom :
(Am I crazy/alone in considering a DSLAM or cell tower in a neighborhood to be a plus?) I'm all for a DSLAM in my neighborhood as longs as it's placed in an aesthetically manner and not within 3 lots to either side of my property. I most definitely do not want any tower within a couple of miles of my lot. |
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Any form of DSL or active electronics would need it. Only PON doesn't need. it. It just needs gobs of fiber and smaller min-fridge sized boxes. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to openbox9
said by openbox9:said by krom :
And do they consider things like infrastructure improvements as devaluing? Maybe this points to where the average citizen in this country places their priorities....and it doesn't appear to be on broadband or IPTV. said by krom :
(Am I crazy/alone in considering a DSLAM or cell tower in a neighborhood to be a plus?) I'm all for a DSLAM in my neighborhood as longs as it's placed in an aesthetically manner and not within 3 lots to either side of my property. I most definitely do not want any tower within a couple of miles of my lot. Doesn't matter, the VAST majority of Fairfield county homes (not sure other counties) are served aerially. AT&T puts pole mounted VRADs, which never touch the ground. Sometimes AT&T will build a 2nd pole across the street, and put a VRAD on that and have a trunk cable go over the street aerially back to the other side of the street to the existing trunk line. Even in new developments, they will be fed by the pole, and at the entrance to the cul de sac where the pole services go underground, there will be a pole mounted VRAD. For developments too big/too long to reach by pole mounted VRAD, AT&T can easily skip them. Fairfield county is pretty old, so is very rare except for artery roads (which don't have houses anyways, AT&T does not build VRAD to businesses) to have underground delivery. This ruling means nothing for AT&T except in very large less 20 year old developments which don't exist in Fairfield county. |
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| many AT$T areas lines are underground. Specially in Ameritech areas. Before the SBC merger/buyout Ameritech went around putting everything underground so it only leave AT$T one thing- put the boxes on the ground. |
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wierdo
join:2001-02-16
Tulsa, OK Reviews:
·Cox HSI
·T-Mobile US
| said by hottboiinnc:many AT$T areas lines are underground. Specially in Ameritech areas. Before the SBC merger/buyout Ameritech went around putting everything underground so it only leave AT$T one thing- put the boxes on the ground. Oh, you can always splice in new cable and put the VRAD on a pole, even if the rest of the cable is underground. They have the pedestals pole mounted to keep them from being flooded in several places around here.
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