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Re: Fill out

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:57:13 EDT

OSUGoose posted : I'm curious how you worded the letter, as I live in a pocket where there isn't a nearby x-box to plop a VRAD next to (Fiber backhaul from CO to the RT, then UG copper to our neighborhood, qualify for Elite DSL). Yet were surrounded by u-Verse. Guys have said it will take running the fiber a lil deeper to us, or placing a VRAD next/in the RT to pair bond us. Maybe this will finally plug out hole were in.

Re: Fill out

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:25:49 EDT

canestim posted :

said by Joe12345678:

As long as they don't force you over to U-verse tv from the ATT / directv deals and if they do will ATT pay the ETF? Give you the same rates and channel packs??? I don't want to be forced to buy showtime and starzs to get MLB Network, NBA TV, Fox Movie Channel, Planet Green, Fox Business Network, and others.

also 3 HD max is less then I get now.

They will eventually do some kind of transition like when you make changes to your plan you would have to change over (or forcibly eventually) from DSL to U-Verse Internet but they wouldn't force you over for video services if you have a Directv contract, they are just partners. As for the discounts you receive from bundling they could keep the bundle price or make you pay current Internet pricing, who knows what they will do in your area.

Re: Fill out

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:06:48 EDT

Joe12345678 posted : As long as they don't force you over to U-verse tv from the ATT / directv deals and if they do will ATT pay the ETF? Give you the same rates and channel packs??? I don't want to be forced to buy showtime and starzs to get MLB Network, NBA TV, Fox Movie Channel, Planet Green, Fox Business Network, and others.

also 3 HD max is less then I get now.

Re: Fill out

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:48:04 EDT

canestim posted : After Randall Stephenson said last quarter that they were mulling upgrading more DSL lines I had actually already sent a letter to the Office of the President for AT&T asking them to do that. Just a few days later I received a call from a construction supervisor who said that they had been giving the green light to upgrade our area but he wasn't sure all the details yet as it was just decided. He said he wasn't sure when our area would be upgraded but that it would be upgraded within a 12-18 month time frame. So this analysts prediction may be spot on.

So if it's only 3-5 million lines it will be like elefante72 said, major area fill out and then LTE with Verizon Home Fusion like services for the rest. This is very encouraging for me since I live in a metro area that isn't upgraded (and AT&T is our only provider). I wanted to believe the AT&T guy but I always take it with a grain of salt until a guy is digging or running a line in our neighborhood. But this is encouraging, well for about 3-5 million of us unfortunate suckers anyway.

Fill out

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:15:06 EDT

elefante72 posted : They are simply going to fill out existing metro areas...There is no way this is going to go to rural deployments. The current FTTN would be too expensive unless they switch the last mile and that means running new wires or going to a new wireless fixed topology (whitespace, LTE, etc).

As for the rural areas, they will let them go to DSL or cablecos. 20% of the people for 80% of the work is not cost effective.

If they can build out LTE in those areas, they can get the juicy wireless margin, so call it a day.

As they will have fibre backhaul for LTE, they are good from a capacity perspective. If the governement doles out billions maybe they run a few fibre cables.