Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to tim_k
Re: Why upkeep DSL when....
I live next to Lawrence, MA, one of the 5 poorest places in the US. They were wired for FIOS before we were. Does this fall under "politically favorable"? In that case, what doesn't fall under one of the three.
I expect them to install their network everywhere they can get an adequate ROE. Would you expect otherwise? |
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satellite68
join:2007-04-11
Louisville, KY
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Lawrence, MA, one of the 5 poorest places in the US
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_th···d_States
Uh, off topic, but not so much. |
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA
·Verizon FIOS
| Depends how you define poor. $1,100 of per capita income goes A LOT farther in Texas than it does in Mass. My info is dated, I'll admit, but I don't think its gotten any better over there. At least not according to the daily police log in the local paper. |
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tim_k
Buttons, Bows, Beamer, Shadow, Kasey
Premium
join:2002-02-02
Stewartstown, PA
 ·Millenicom
 ·WildBlue
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said by Ahrenl  :I live next to Lawrence, MA, one of the 5 poorest places in the US. They were wired for FIOS before we were. Does this fall under "politically favorable"? In that case, what doesn't fall under one of the three. I expect them to install their network everywhere they can get an adequate ROE. Would you expect otherwise? No, I'm sure ROE plays into most of the reason an area get FIOS, but I'm sure politics also does. Perhaps Lawrence, MA is in the district of some hotshot politican, or maybe they are deploying there to avoid charges of red lining. All I can tell you is that FIOS will never reach 100% of Verizon's copper customers. The only way Verizon will be 100% FIOS is if they are able to sell off areas that they don't plan on deploying it to.
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | reply to tim_k
Re: Why upkeep DSL when....
Of course not. Because it will never be profitable to string 300 miles of fiber optic cable to a shack in the Appalachians (otherwise known as West Virgina). |
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