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Metatron2008
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join:2008-09-02
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Metatron2008

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If there's anything At&t understands it's money.

And there's no way to upgrade Uverse that doesn't lose money without going fiber (Beyond giving a few small customers a few hundred feet away from vrads better, but still slower speeds then cable).

There's no way to truly compete with cable when your internet is 45/5 at MAX and cable companies are at 300 or 500 (Even companies like charter are going up to 200 mbit apparently).

If there's any reason to actually believe that At&t would upgrade it's now.
elefante72
join:2010-12-03
East Amherst, NY

elefante72

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There is a remedy. Whitespace wifi, but that is years away..

In the meantime:

AT&T took the more conservative route in HFC and now it is biting them in the a$$. There are reports of v.fast within a few hundred meters (which would need chains or repeaters to work) that may help but ultimately copper is dead man walking.

So do they throw good money after bad. No. They let those VRAD neighborhoods freeze in time while new technologies are deployed by cable and fibre providers, and then upgrade them only if they have to. There is not going to be some populist CWA job work project. This is private money, not some magic government program, and they have to report back to stockholders.

Verizon is feeling the pain of their early BPON however this only requires swapping of the OLT, new spilt, and new ONT. Fiber is untouched, and that is the slow and expensive piece. Verizon can move as slow or fast as they want. They can upgrade as needed. But keep in mind that happened when an old wireline guy was running the show. T and VZ are now run by wireless jockeys and well wireline to them is like a model T. That's wrong, but wireless is stamping out profit like there is no tomorrow. What do you do.

AT&T has to ride out those VRAD neighborhoods just like the old dilapidated CO down the street from me wasting away on the last copper holdouts. I think the only thing the Verizon guys do over there anymore is to get out of the sun and drink some coffee.