 funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | "Tying two bricks together doesn't make them float" "Tying two bricks together doesn't make them float" -- I heard that yesterday attributed to Ben Scott from Free Press (he was talking about newspaper consolidations).
But doesn't the same thing apply?
It's not like Frontier and Verizon compete, so does does a Super-Frontier make it not compete in some better way?
Maybe consolidation isn't a better way or even a foregone conclusion. If we can do better for ourselves by leaving our banks in favor of our credit unions, why can't we similarly operate a co-op telecommunications company? Get the profit motive out of the way and replace it with a quality motive.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
 ·Comcast
| In Texas there are a lot of co-ops. THe largest one is rolling out 20/3 FTTH for $60-$70 per month depending on whether ou sign a contract and take a bundle.
Hill Country Telephone Co-op on the other hand is just now rolling out 3/768 DSL for $70/month. Then again their offering is aimed at very rural folks.
The problem is that even if you don't have a profit motive wiring rural areas is expensive. When you have a profit motive things get even worse. C'mon guys, 1024/128 DSL? I can get better upload speeds with Po-Dunk Wireless, utilizing Linksys-in-Tupperware technology! |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by iansltx:In Texas there are a lot of co-ops. THe largest one is rolling out 20/3 FTTH for $60-$70 per month depending on whether ou sign a contract and take a bundle. Hill Country Telephone Co-op on the other hand is just now rolling out 3/768 DSL for $70/month. Then again their offering is aimed at very rural folks. The problem is that even if you don't have a profit motive wiring rural areas is expensive. When you have a profit motive things get even worse. C'mon guys, 1024/128 DSL? I can get better upload speeds with Po-Dunk Wireless, utilizing Linksys-in-Tupperware technology! 1024/128? thats fast. 384/128 for $40/mo sounds better. Want 1.5/768? $180 per mo for the "telecommuter" plan, and you must have a business account. Our DSLAM 1996 vintage DSLAM was bought used in 2001, and it was financed on our sub-prime corporate credit card, plus we run our whole CO's DSL service off a couple bonded AMI T1s for a couple hundred miles to the nearest POP. Our T1 loops use equipment older than you with 200 amplifiers in the loop to the POP. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | SOurce? Also, how rural are you? |
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funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | I think the sarcasm detector might need a Friday boost!  |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1
1 edit | said by funchords:I think the sarcasm detector might need a Friday boost! Thought I was joking egh? (usually I am tho)
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wierdo
join:2001-02-16
Tulsa, OK Reviews:
·Cox HSI
 ·T-Mobile US
| The only thing that made me think you were joking was the comment about a used DSLAM. I figured as loath as at&t is to get rid of 30 year old equipment that surely 10 or 15 year old equipment wouldn't stand a chance in hell of showing up on the used market.
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