PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR
| reply to viperlmw
Re: A whole institute huh?
Qwest has done a good job of deploying rural DSL here, too. We have both Verizon and Qwest territory here, and the boundary between Qwest and Verizon is very interesting: you see those mini-DSLAMs that Qwest uses, installed along the roads in their territory. On the Verizon side of the line (ex-GTE), as in Idaho, Verizon has told them to go pound sand.
In D.C., Verizon's lobbyists have been saying that they want USF-type money before deploying further, so subscribers in their lower-ROI rural areas are essentially being used as leverage to get more gov't $$$.
The biggest problem with the small-town areas in Massachusetts is that they have the misfortunre of being in Verizon terrority. |
