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EPS

join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA

Re: Must be nice...

Sure it does. The problem is quite simple- the large companies that have the financial resources to deploy such connections to cities also have massive rural and suburban areas that they have to serve, and prefer a one-size-fits-all (or as many as possible, at least) solution. The city-only carriers like RCN are too small to do anything, and are struggling to survive anyway.

cdru
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join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN

Re: Must be nice...

Plus, if the big boys would try to do something like this in locations where it's financially feasible, regulators, consumer advocates, and every other yahoo would quickly accuse the providers of "cherry picking" their deployment.

I don't think it's a matter so much of the ISPs wanting to have a unified network. They don't want to have to justify why Town X isn't can't have gigabit symmetrical where City Y can, or even why Customer A can get it in a highrise, but Customer B across the street not in a high rise can't.
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