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| Tiers Actually, on this one I have to agree with AT&T. Distance limitations with DSL mean that they cannot guarantee 6mpbs or 3mpbs etc on every line. Every phone line is different and its not fair to expect AT&T to be able to provide 6mpbs when you are 18,000 feet out the end of a 24 gauge wire that has been up for over 30+ years and has cracked insulators and water in the line now and then and lightning storms nearby, etc from time to time. Offering ranges of speeds for a certain amount of money is more realistic given the nature of DSL. Even with VDSL/2 this will still be a problem because if you are next to the CO you might get 100mpbs but 1/2 mile away that may drop to 20-30mpbs.
Eventually, Fiber into the home will solve all these problems but with the expense of building fiber out it is more cost effective and faster in the coming years to build a fiber to the node strategy first. They can offer higher speeds to more people at lower cost than trying to jump all the way to Fiber to the home right away. With Fiber to the node they will have fiber deep into their network and then later they can start another upgrade phase that expands the Fiber to the home. All of this takes time.
My only objection with AT&T right now is that they are considering bandwidth metering and things of that nature and maybe caps I don't know. I don't support that and if its very strict or has too many little gotcha points in their bandwidth policy I will jump ship and find another ISP which I actually have 2 other choices outside of AT&T where I live. | |
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