 baineschile2600 ways to livePremium
join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI
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1 edit | MAY They MAY get FiOS....by 2014 at the earliest?
According to an earlier article, verizone is slowing deployment to stress marketing in their active areas.
And what about the other verizon markers that DONT get it, are they SOL? Does verizon plan on moving into other territory?
It will all be a moot point when 6th generation LTE comes around, and everything is wireless anyways. |
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 Jerm
join:2000-04-10
Richland, WA
kudos:2 | Verizon:
Oh how I wish your Fios was real. But you gave us the finger all these years, and now we get the final "screw you".
'twas fun while it lasted! |
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moven
join:2008-02-25
Huntsville, TX | reply to baineschile
Yes, sounds like the same fight with ATT. Well we don't wont to service your area because our stats say in is not profitable...Hmmm, I don't run a major multimillion dollar corporation but, I do know that something is better than nothing. What is the old saying, Build it they will come? Well supply it and they will partake. |
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it's nice that they'll reach 80%, but they still don't have my building wired while my neighbor next door has it.
start working on apartments and you'll get more and more people. |
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 BootesPremium
join:2005-01-28
Scarsdale, NY | reply to baineschile
No. According to a recent article they're slowing deployment in California and only California. |
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said by blackriders:it's nice that they'll reach 80%, but they still don't have my building wired while my neighbor next door has it. start working on apartments and you'll get more and more people. In my area, there are a lot of apartment buildings (MDUs). I found out that a big part of the delay in getting the MDUs wired is the negotiations between Verizon and the building management.
Cosmetic issues, such as the molding that covers the wires can stall, or even prevent, FiOS deployment in MDUs.
The lawyer that represents my building (a Co-Op) revised the contract several times (that I know about) before construction started. |
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The govt regulates where a communications / entertainment company can provide service in the US to avoid an established Monopoly of one carrier. I've seen people post about cable is the only other choice and they say that verizon is monopolizing the area for home phone service, internet, etc. Considering that regulated services (home phone) are mandated by the govt and the lines that are in use by a specific company in a 'given' area, companies that provide such services aren't allowed to just 'purchase' from another provider, nor can they build lines of service in a new territory without going through regulation first. Other service providers such as Vonage for example may not be regulated since it's not using a 'dedicated' line of service that the company owns. But they also have fine print associated with their services and the kind of service / level of service guarantees it can provide. I hope this helps. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1
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said by baineschile:It will all be a moot point when 6th generation LTE comes around, and everything is wireless anyways. Sorry, you violated Shannon's Law or FCC radiation rules unless you plan to have a cell tower at every traffic light, at that point Uverse is cheaper. |
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| A cell tower at every traffic light, AKA relay routers, is exactly how they plan to get around Shannon's. LTE is still vaporware, but other upcoming wireless standards, for example 802.11n, circumvent the Shannon's Law limitation.
Uverse is cheaper than wireless? Kind of funny since dslreports has a story Friday about AT&T testing WiFi for U-verse installs. Even AT&T realizes there comes a point where wireless is cheaper than running Uverse wires. |
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