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Matt
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Re: Research Triangle Park
said by ILpt4U  :I love the change of tone here. When State Video Franchise Laws are passed, the users here complain and whine about cherry-picking. Verizon is cherry-picking by definition where they choose to overlap FiOS with U-Verse. Yet from what I see here, there is nothing but praise, and even encouragement to continue to cherry pick. Come on people, you can't have it both ways. Either Cherry-picking is evil and discriminatory, or it is admirable & good business. Cherry picking in under served areas with no competition is bad. This is going into area where there is already multiple choices, so of course they are going into areas where they know the uptake rate will be high. It's two completely different things. If you want to classify this as cherry picking, that's on you.
Regardless, it was neat how you took my comment to speak for everyone at DSLReports. I see what you did there. | |
ILpt4U
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1 edit | This is Cherry Picking because there are plenty of legacy Verizon areas that have NO access to broadband, and plenty more that have low-speed DSL as the only option, yet Verizon is picking these areas that already have Cable & VDSL options to spend their FiOS budget, because they feel that is where they make money, not further serving more customers with more broadband.
If that is not cherry picking to you, then cherry picking is different things to different people.
And I was not picking on you individually. Every time a story shows up here at dslreports about a new State Video Franchise, it is demonized as being a free pass for big Telcos to cherry pick. I can do some research and post some direct links if necessary. I'm calling BS, and calling out cherry picking in this instance, and the fact that it is being both defended & encouraged | |
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| You live in a liberal world where everything including broadband should be included in your property taxes. VZ is spending billions of dollars on FiOS, and if they want to take on AT@T instead of deploying DSL to rural areas fine. VZ is not in the business to please every Tom, Dick and Harry,(It's their/shareholders money, no obligation to you or anyone else). As for redlining, here in Pittsburgh there is no redlining, strange as it may seem some of the worst areas have Fios available. In PA, VZ has gone to every municipality, where they offer service, to get a LFA(Local Franchise Agreement). So, if there's any redlining, blame the local government. | |
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