| U450 I've had U verse (U450, 1.5 DSL, no VOIP) for 4 months, so far so good, however I’m 800 ft from the VRAD and in new 22 gauge, buried with the gas line, copper cable. It seems to me trying to compete with cable upgrades means pushing fiber and placing both vrad and x-box much closer to customers. This will be a problem since most vrad’s have been placed on an existing right of way where a x-box already existed. Closer boxes may have to be placed between homes exacting a big price for the easement. More of them and even closer for FTTC.
Directional boring of fiber limits some tearing up of yards, but not by much. Clearly, this is where VZ’s fios, as the article said, future proofs the broadband system, although does not pass as many customers as U-verse, in the same allotted time. |
