Maybe so, in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20730552 en Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:35:09 EDT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:35:09 EDT Re: Maybe so, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20731857 mod_wastrel : That was then; this is now--technology marches on. Fiber can be damaged just as easily as copper. Leave a copper wire to itself and it will last a long, long time--way more than 50 years.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20731857 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:55:04 EDT Re: Maybe so, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20731822 Rob :
said by mod_wastrel See Profile :

Yes, I have... 50+ years old and still works as well as ever (for what it was designed to do, of course).

Any more apples and oranges? :)
Exactly my point. Why install copper lines, that would require you to upgrade them in a few years, when you can go straight to fiber optics that will allow you to deliver speeds 50x faster than copper?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20731822 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:49:49 EDT Re: Maybe so, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20731813 mod_wastrel : Yes, I have... 50+ years old and still works as well as ever (for what it was designed to do, of course).

Any more apples and oranges? :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20731813 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:48:09 EDT Re: Maybe so, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20731801 mod_wastrel : Which doesn't mean a lot to someone who can't get FiOS and even less to someone who can't get DSL either. As far as upgrading is concerned, there are plenty of people who'd keep their 768 DSL for $17 instead of going to "cheap" FiOS at $43, which was the point: speed has nothing to do with value, and value is a personal perception.

I have 30/5 FiOS because it was, and still is, the best value for me.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20731801 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:44:59 EDT Re: Maybe so, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20731799 Rob :
said by mod_wastrel See Profile :

I don't think DSL "wears out" any faster than fiber.
Of course it does. DSL uses copper lines. Have you seen the condition of our copper lines? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20731799 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:44:20 EDT Re: Maybe so, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20731769 mod_wastrel : I don't think DSL "wears out" any faster than fiber. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20731769 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:39:16 EDT Re: Maybe so, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20730919 eyekahn : Yeah, cause when I found out I could upgrade my 1.5 DSL to 5/2 FiOS for the same price, I said "No thanks."]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20730919 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:52:18 EDT Re: Maybe so, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20730559 Rob :
said by mod_wastrel See Profile :

but I don't buy a Ferrari just to commute to work. What you spend is relative to what you need; sometimes, it's not getting there fast that matters... it's just being able to get there at all.
Sure, but if the Toyota was only good for 5 years, but the Ferrari was good for 100 years, you'd probably buy the Ferrari. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20730559 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:32:27 EDT Maybe so, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20730552 mod_wastrel : but I don't buy a Ferrari just to commute to work. What you spend is relative to what you need; sometimes, it's not getting there fast that matters... it's just being able to get there at all.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20730552 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:31:13 EDT