DoRight
join:2007-07-20
Mechanicsburg, PA
 ·Comcast
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·Verizon FIOS
1 edit | I say 1st Qtr 2009
I give Earthlink less then a year... I would think a small company would have better success with FTTH then a larger company anyway. Less overhead and quicker to deploy. I am not impressed with VZC FTTH yet. In the last year they have raised their rates on internet, voice and TV atleast 2 to 3 times.. You can't tell me they had 23 Billion sitting around to deploy FIOS nationwide. They have also gotten rid of some discounts that they had when you signed up. I wouldn't expect anything impressive on pricing for another 5 years.. |
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David
No,there is another.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
clubs: | They might be better off buying small telecom companies (like mom and pop shops) and go that route. Won't make them money overnight but probably wouldn't make them broke either. |
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DoRight
join:2007-07-20
Mechanicsburg, PA | You mean like IVC? Illinois Valley Cellular.. lol |
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David
No,there is another.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
clubs: | no, like the one down by o'fallon, IL (HTC telecomm) and Egyptian phone company. |
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NetAdmin
CCNA
join:2008-05-22
| reply to David
Like these guys: »www.eatel.com/
Just as a point of fact, the linked provider has had FTTH for a couple of years now and is a tiny fraction of a fraction of the size of ATT and the other big boys. Those guys are proof that FTTH is not too expensive to be done.
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Over ten plus years of carrying The Clue Bat... |
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jc100
join:2002-04-10
| reply to DoRight
With those sort of investments, a year would be generous. However, a company can do a 180 if they get the right management. Obviously, it's time Earthlink's shareholders (think it's a publicly traded company?), replace the leadership. Seeing that those in power don't know a thing about internet, this company is doomed. Until they get a board and a CEO with some experience and brains, this is a losing battle. One could have guessed BPL would have failed, Helio was a loss, etc. That wasn't rocket science. Anyone who knew anything about internet and computers could have foreseen these failures. |
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jhacker
join:2001-12-11
Peoria, IL
·Comcast
 ·Vonage
·Comcast Digital Vo..
| reply to DoRight
said by DoRight  :You mean like IVC? Illinois Valley Cellular.. lol No kidding!! Every time I go up there, I drop calls with this Verizon extended roaming partner. Word has it that these companies had a falling out and IVCC likes to screw Verizon customers every chance they get. |
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DoRight
join:2007-07-20
Mechanicsburg, PA | They just need to sellout like First Cellular did down in Southern Illinois.. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | reply to NetAdmin
yah it would be nice if you could actually see what they offer. it wants either your phone number or actual address before anything! |
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DoRight
join:2007-07-20
Mechanicsburg, PA
2 edits | EATEL Services
Link to Services and Pricing »www.eatel.com/individualanswer.c···rentID=1 |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
1 edit | the price they want is expensive! my local cable company doesnt even charge those rates for Triple Play! I've never seen a company charge $130 for triple play! always can get a new discount after the 6 months or a year and never start out at $130! Damn!
edit add: some of their news articles sound like VoOD and OnDemand movies is something they invited? 5 seconds to come on most cable companies are that if not they should be!
and since when is CATV going out when it rains or has LOS issues? Qute: Superior picture quality and reliability over our buried fiber-optic network, which is less susceptible than cable to outages caused by bad weather or line-of-sight obstructions /end.
Their major competetor is private as well. Look for Cox to do some hard hitting price drops in that area. |
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