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Re: Mapping Well considering there are OTHER Providers than AT&T out there, perhaps giving this company the keys to the castle while others are left to wonder if the public data is accurate. If I were AT&T, I'd spend 349 Million on finding out exaclty where the weakneses in Comcasts network were. The other million i'd spend on lunch and vacations for key politians.
Basically anything that didn't give one-sided access to funds and data collection would be preferable. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | AT&T isn't getting this infamous $350M. If Connected Nation does receive the money for mapping connectivity, it doesn't funnel into AT&T's coffers. said by backness:Basically anything that didn't give one-sided access to funds and data collection would be preferable. Such as? |
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| You could probably do a better job. |
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Um, AT&T doesn't want the money to be given to smaller independent carriers willing to wire the rest of the gaps. They don't want competition. They also don't want consumers demanding that they provide better service considering their franchise agreements with various cities. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | Your point? What for profit company wants their competition to grow? |
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| Because CN is the one who's mapping. They're tasked with the duty of providing unbiased and detailed mapping data. Obviously with their board stocked with telco execs there's a conflict on interest. |
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