U-Verse Hits Raleigh, Orlando > must be nice...

reply to fiberguy

Re: must be nice...

Disaster, yes. Because we all know that Utopia in Utah did so well. We know that all these over builders are just rolling the the dough. We know that the cost to build and deploy a delivery system is just pennies on the dollar to pay for and we know that people are just chomping at the bit to spread the wealth so thin that recouping the cost of deployment in a highly competitive market is nearly impossible and often spells bankruptcy, a merger, or a sale to the very people they tied to compete with.

But, since you live in such an incredibly savvy area, you'd know that already, right?

That small area with research, which I'm well aware of, thank you, is but one small fish in a large pond. Its funny how everyone that wants to be proud of their town says they're the best when they never venture out to look at the rest of the country and see where the majority of what they think they have the best or most of, really is. I don't say that the RD area doesn't have research there, it does.. but to say its the best or tech savvy.. you're talking about industry.. that area also has some of the worst crime and large amount of poverty to go along with it, or have you not come out of your area to realize that?

Maybe the area is known for some research, but maybe it's not known for its business savvy. Or maybe you just don't realize it.

The game isn't about you and any particular person and what speed they want to surf MySpace, ebay, and Torrents at.. it's about having an honest system that can be sustained in OUR markets and OUR economy... not some other countries, not some "vision" of what it should be, nor where you think it should be.

In the end, its about surviving the incredible horrible economy we are in right now and pushing out 50megs to the house really isn't on the top of everyone's list knowing that people aren't spending the money, the consumer that is, who's spending makes up about 65% of the national budget.

On a final note.. who cares about 1998 and TWC and Bell South.. News flash.. NO ONE HAS MONEY TO SPEND RIGHT NOW! ..and broadband to your home, and competition, and the sorts, are not really on the top of the list of problems that need to be addressed at this time. Maybe it's yours, and people's here, but in the big picture, this is way so not even close to important right now. Businesses are just looking to survive and make it past this mess. What's in the budgets now is likely what you will see being spent, but if things don't improve, expect that new deployments are likely to slow for a while to come.

While I appreciate the effort you put into your response, I find it incredibly biased, myopic, and full of accusations and assumptions, so I won't even bother to reply to any of the points you raised. It's pretty obvious you'd just make further outlandish assumptions and steer the subject away from any conversation based in an objective reality.

You betchya!