 dru
join:2000-09-14
Corona, CA | reply to cruz1
Re: AT&T Sucks ... BAD said by cruz1 :
Verizon FIOS is literally ALL AROUND my town (North, south, east and west of my area!) but they say someone signed a deal with the devil (ATT) so they OWN MY AREA forbidding Verizon from giving me the quality service I want to PAY for. This should be ILLEGAL! There should be a law saying they are forced to provide what service the other competitors give OR hand off their "territory" to them!
Verizon and AT&T to date exclusively deploy their "greenfield" services in their respective incumbent territories. Those borders were set years ago, in many areas when you still "dialed" people with a dial and "hung up" the receiver on a candlestick hanger. Greenfield is the term for their new services, U-Verse and FIOS respectfully, where they are free from regulatory constraints and/or are compelled to sell certain "UNE" services to competitors like Covad, XO, etc.
While there is no law that prevents them from deploying out of territory as competitive carriers, there has long been rumors that each company signed confidential agreements against deploying greenfield services in each other territory.
Bottom line, you are far more likely to see a cable company or Google type initiative install FTTH before you ever see FIOS in your neighborhood.
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