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Re: See all the conditions for approval in Appendix C 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. |
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1 edit | said by fifty nine: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. It seems CenturyTel's idea of "FTTH" is 20 Mbps, which Cox can surpass fairly easily. I think those of us stuck in Embarq's service (or lack there-of) regions are screwed. As much as people rag on AT&T, at least they are working to provide something more than ADSL, 1.5 Mbps ADSL to urban regions at that. I could totally understand the lack of service if this was a small town with sparse farms, but you have literally a ton of customers in areas of Vegas that are either without DSL, or stuck with the lower tiers. How about some competition?
2 more years and I'm out of this hellhole, hopefully I am stationed in a Verizon FiOS area next time around.
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Pleasant Hill, MO | "It seems CenturyTel's idea of "FTTH" is 20 Mbps"
Its a start, at least they are doing something, and they can(and most likely will) up the speed some time. |
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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. |
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| 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. I'd happily accept U-Verse over the 1.5 Mbps DSL that is available to me, at least it would give the local cable company a reason to transit to DOCSIS 3.0.
Vegas could be a competitive market, but Embarq ignores it. I'm pretty sure that CenturyLink will ignore it as well, which is sad because the old Sprint had this city wired with tons of fiber.
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| I'm surprised nobody has done anything with Vegas...don't you guys have Clear wireless broadband now? Don't tell me it's lame; 6 Mbit down and 512k up is better than 1.5/512 on Embarq.
As for U-Verse, cable companies don't need to upgrade to even DOCSIS 2.0 to deal with them. A decent cable system (860MHz or so of bandwidth) on DOCSIS 1.1 has successfully allowed for 15/2 and even 20/1.5 internet service, which meet or beat U-Verse. Kick in some PowerBoost and U-Verse is vanquished.
The only thing that competes with DOCSIS 3 on speed is fiber at this point. VDSL2 might be an option, but nobody's deploying it. |
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| 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! |
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1 edit | 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! I'd kill to have Verizon here, or even AT&T. Here's to hoping CenturyLink realizes it bit off more than it can chew and sells this market off to a real teclo.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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Uh, ClearWire doesn't have caps on their new WiMAX service. |
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