| I would pay for fiber... I'm stuck in an AT&T hellhole here but I would gladly pay someone for a fiber line if I can get Fios or Fios like speeds... the 1.5mbit upload speeds I get on ATT's best U-Verse tier BLOWS... too bad they are too stupid to realize I would gladly pay a couple thousand $ upfront for fiber or pay 3x as much a month to get a 50mbit up/50mbit down. |
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| said by Cruz1 :
... the 1.5mbit upload speeds I get on ATT's best U-Verse tier BLOWS...
Cruz1,
Perhaps that's the best speed YOU can get because of distance limitations or because it's not ready on your VRAD yet, but MOST UVerse customers can now get 24/3 Mbps internet speeds. I'm sure at least 65% of their UVerse customers can now get those (24/3) speeds, with a higher percentage to come over time.
The much laughed at pair-bonding should actually be a reality within the next year or sooner, probably, which would vastly expand UVerse speed options to those who currently can't be provisioned at a sufficient rate for the higher speed Internet tiers they offer. A 3 Mbps upload speed is still fairly decent by today's standards (in the U.S., on average), and as much as most people need and are willing to pay for.
Everyone can think what they want about UVerse (and VDSL2 in general), but I at least want to make sure it's represented fairly. If at&t wanted to, they could provision MUCH higher speeds for most customers at or below the 1500 feet mark (from the VRAD), but they presently want to keep things simpler and more standardized across the board I guess. |
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| reply to Cruz1
So would (did) I. When I was looking for houses 2 years ago, I had the choice between what were essentially identical (including floor plan) houses about a block apart. The major difference? One was in AT&T U-verse territory, the other was in Verizon FiOS territory. I gladly paid about $3000 more for the house in FiOS territory. Did I NEED all that extra bandwidth? Not necessarily, but it was NICE to have, and I figured I'd need it down the road. Unfortunately, we on DSL reports are probably in the minority. I think most people in America wouldn't make the same decision you and I would make, and that's why I think you see Verizon's max FiOS tier of 50 mbit up instead of something closer to 100. Its also probably a reason why many would choose a cheaper DSL plan over a more expensive but faster Cable or Fiber plan, even when those options are available. |
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| said by lakerfan82:So would (did) I. When I was looking for houses 2 years ago, I had the choice between what were essentially identical (including floor plan) houses about a block apart. The major difference? One was in AT&T U-verse territory, the other was in Verizon FiOS territory. I gladly paid about $3000 more for the house in FiOS territory. Did I NEED all that extra bandwidth? Not necessarily, but it was NICE to have, and I figured I'd need it down the road. Unfortunately, we on DSL reports are probably in the minority. I think most people in America wouldn't make the same decision you and I would make, and that's why I think you see Verizon's max FiOS tier of 50 mbit up instead of something closer to 100. Its also probably a reason why many would choose a cheaper DSL plan over a more expensive but faster Cable or Fiber plan, even when those options are available. Except that's just not true. DSL companies have been losing customers to faster (but more expensive) cable competitors for years. Why do you think AT&T bothered with U-Verse?
As for people wanting wideband, the *exact* same thing was said about broadband in the late '90s. Just give people a taste of wideband, and see what happens when you try to take it back away. |
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| If there's such an insatiable thirst for faster speeds, why is the 15 mbit tier the most popular Fios tier when you can get 35 or even 50 mbit speeds? Why are a paltry 5.8 million households subscribing to fiber when its available to 18 million? A lot of times its still about price. Now I'll agree with you, that once you've experienced wideband, its near impossible to go back, but not everyone is like DSL reports readers either... |
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