Hazy Arc
join:2006-04-10
Greenwood, SC | Laughable
Simpsonville and Woodruff are not rural by any stretch of the imagination...hell, they are within 10-15 miles of downtown Greenville. Why Verizon dropped the ball on this is beyond me. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
 ·North State Commun..
| said by Hazy Arc  :Simpsonville and Woodruff are not rural by any stretch of the imagination...hell, they are within 10-15 miles of downtown Greenville. Why Verizon dropped the ball on this is beyond me. 20,000 lines is simply not worth it to Verizon. That is (in their eyes) as rural as it gets unfortunately. |
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SuperJoker
join:2005-11-21
Yermo, CA
·Verizon Online DSL
·Verizon west (ex G..
| said by Matt :said by Hazy Arc :Simpsonville and Woodruff are not rural by any stretch of the imagination...hell, they are within 10-15 miles of downtown Greenville. Why Verizon dropped the ball on this is beyond me. 20,000 lines is simply not worth it to Verizon. That is (in their eyes) as rural as it gets unfortunately. As rural as It gets, I live in Yermo CA, the population here is about 4200 and so We have maybe 2100 lines and then there's Barstow CA nearby they have a population of about 20,000 and maybe 10,000 lines, So rural can get pretty small and Yes We have DSL here. And We might be one of the communities in So Cal that Verizon wants to sell off and had no real intention of serving just so they could acquire the GTE wireless network. |
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keatingt
join:2004-10-13
Manteca, CA
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I submit to you, sir, that any place called Simpsonville or, for that matter, any place within 10-15 miles of downtown Greenville is, by definition, rural.
I rest my case.
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
 ·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
| reply to SuperJoker
Very true. That's the only thing VZ wanted was the GTE wireless network.
On the other hand nothing is stopping these people from setting up a Co-Op and building out a Wireless provider. Why wait for VZ or Frontier to do it. Build out your own with a Co-Op don't use Tax money, and then tell VZ to take a hike. |
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Mr Fantastic
@comcast.net | reply to Matt
»www.oregonlive.com/business/inde···shi.html Even more laughable. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
| And what do you have, the damn union butting their damn asses into the mix saying things are possible. They should come here and run their mouth and see what happens, they're asses get sued.
"I have concerns about any company taking on another company that's three times their size," said Egelhoff, whose office is in Everett, Wash. "I have real concerns that they will have the money base to make it work."
The Union doesn't need to know how much money Frontier has. If they can pay their "members" then they should shut up. |
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tim_k
Buttons, Bows, Beamer, Shadow, Kasey
Premium
join:2002-02-02
Stewartstown, PA
 ·Millenicom
 ·WildBlue
| said by hottboiinnc :And what do you have, the damn union butting their damn asses into the mix saying things are possible. They should come here and run their mouth and see what happens, they're asses get sued. "I have concerns about any company taking on another company that's three times their size," said Egelhoff, whose office is in Everett, Wash. "I have real concerns that they will have the money base to make it work." The Union doesn't need to know how much money Frontier has. If they can pay their "members" then they should shut up. You sure had to stretch to find some kind of anti-union angle. They are worried that Frontier won't be able to handle $3.3 billion in new debt. You know, kinda like some other recent purchase of Verizon land lines.
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johan_hammy
join:2003-08-08
Dekalb, IL | reply to hottboiinnc
Unless there already is a wireless provider there. |
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Bob61571
join:2008-08-08
Washington, IL
·Verizon Online DSL
·DIRECTV
| reply to keatingt
"Verizon doesn't offer high-speed Internet over its telephone lines in those areas or its advanced television service, FiOS TV. "
Per article, Verizon never even offered DSL to these Simpsonville residents? Wow!
Per internet search, RiverWalk subdivision homes worth $280K - $680K. Check photos, these are nice homes! With prime broadband customers, upper income.
Verizon either:
1)Had local staff that didn't pay attention to their service area, and failed to offer DSL(or FiOS) there.
or
2)Made decision NOT to serve this Simpsonville area.
Either way, dumb! |
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cyclone_z
join:2006-06-19
Ames, IA
·Qwest.net
| reply to Matt
said by Matt :said by Hazy Arc :Simpsonville and Woodruff are not rural by any stretch of the imagination...hell, they are within 10-15 miles of downtown Greenville. Why Verizon dropped the ball on this is beyond me. 20,000 lines is simply not worth it to Verizon. That is (in their eyes) as rural as it gets unfortunately. Ha! Gushing over Verizon and trash talking Qwest are the two biggest pass times on this forum. I keep telling everyone that Verizon doesn't give a rat's ass about you if you're rural, and Verizon's definition of rural is any city smaller than Erie, PA.
Qwest on the other hand has put DSLAMs in just about every CO (that they own) in Iowa. I looked at their list, and even the town of Dike, population 900, has DSL. My parents have DSL thanks to a remote DSLAM that Qwest installed. I can actually have a decent Internet connection when I'm down there. If the LEC here was Verizon, there would be FiOS in select areas of West Des Moines and Clive, and the rest of the state wouldn't have any high speed service at all. |
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tim_k
Buttons, Bows, Beamer, Shadow, Kasey
Premium
join:2002-02-02
Stewartstown, PA
·Millenicom
·WildBlue
| said by cyclone_z :Ha! Gushing over Verizon and trash talking Qwest are the two biggest pass times on this forum. I keep telling everyone that Verizon doesn't give a rat's ass about you if you're rural, and Verizon's definition of rural is any city smaller than Erie, PA. On come on now. While I don't feel like investigating the number of people serviced by our CO, the number of people in the concentrated part of town, Stewartstown borough, is only around 2,000. I don't think the CO reaches more than maybe 5,000, a far cry from Erie. »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewartsto···sylvania And we have DSL.
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arkayn71
join:2008-07-30
Golden Valley, AZ | reply to SuperJoker
I live in Golden Valley, AZ(Between Kingman and Bullhead City/Laughlin) and we have DSL. Population is about 5000 spread out over a fair area. |
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