The merged company expects to make substantial additional investment in broadband services. The
merged company will offer retail broadband Internet access service to 100 percent of its broadband
eligible access lines within three years of the Transaction Closing Date.

· To meet this commitment the merged company will make available retail broadband
Internet access service with a download speed of 768 kbps to 90 percent of its broadband
eligible access lines using wireline technologies within three years of the Transaction
Closing Date. The merged company will make available retail broadband Internet access
service in accordance with the FCC’s current definition of broadband to the remaining
broadband eligible access lines using alternative technologies and operating
arrangements, including but not limited to satellite and terrestrial wireless broadband
technologies.

· In addition, the merged company will make available retail broadband Internet access
service with a download speed of (1) 1.5 Mbps to 87% of the broadband eligible access
lines within two years of the Transaction Closing Date and (2) 3 Mbps to 75% of
broadband eligible access lines within one year of the Transaction Closing Date, 78% of
broadband eligible lines within two years of the Transaction Closing Date, and 80% of
broadband eligible lines within three years of the Transaction Closing Date.

· Broadband eligible access lines are defined as retail single-line residential and single-line
business access lines.

The merged company will offer retail broadband Internet access service to 100 percent of its broadband
eligible access lines within three years of the Transaction Closing Date.

To meet this commitment the merged company will make available retail broadband Internet access service with a download speed of 768 kbps to 90 percent of its broadband eligible access lines using wireline technologies within three years of the Transaction Closing Date.

said by Eat Me :

Same here in NJ.

I was hoping the merger would have meant some form of FTTH, but it looks like the cable company will be getting my business for now.

said by iansltx :

Apples to oranges.

I'm pretty sure CenturyTel isn't in any heavily competitive markets. 20 Mbps fiber, and Windstream's 24 Mbps service, are competing against DOCSIS 1.1. By its nature, fiber can be ratcheted up to as high speeds as are needed to compete. When CenTel does fiber, it's the best-speed service in the area.

On the DSL side of things, yes it's crappy. Then again, AT&T's U-Verse tops out at 18 Mbps if you don't have TV running, 15 Mbps if you do. That's their next-generation technology. DOCSIS 3 beats that, too.

said by jjeffeory :

U-verse experince is better than Cox in Vegas on the TV side. Embarq is a joke around here. Cox owns the market for sure. Clearwire wouldn't work for a home with that lovely 5GB cap they have! Man, Vegas needs more options! Fios here would be wonderful!