kmoss
join:2002-09-14
Lisle, IL | Typical ATT's response to these towns getting serious is oh so typical. When there is no competition, they take their own sweet time in building out service. As soon as something else starts rolling out, upgrades begin immediately. I never could figure out why so many Chicago-land communities that do not qualify for DSL also do not qualify for cable modem service. Yet, the communities where DSL is somewhat available, ATT has been racing to deploy (Aurora). My thought, good for these towns - stick it to ATT and hold out for DSDN. |
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| This is more true than you could ever imagine! I live in Geneva, IL (one of the towns described in this article). Anyway, I just received a letter from ATT last week that said that they would be in my neighborhood upgrading their systems to support broadband Internet and digital phone services.
The only problem is that I already have DSL with SBC/Ameritech. So I tore up the letter and threw it away. All I can say to ATT is: where were you 3 years ago!?!? SBC gets, and will continue to get, my business because they were first!
If nothing else becomes of this municipal broadband thing here in the Tri-cities, at least it got ATT off their a$$'s and made them start upgrading their networks. But it's a little too much a little too late. I am happy with my SBC/Ameritech DSL and I will not be switching over.
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | said by circuitry6:
All I can say to ATT is: where were you 3 years ago!?!?
Sounds like what happened with me and Verizon. Comcast was the first company to get broadband to my house. If Verizon ever bothers to offer DSL here, I'm gonna tell them to shove it.
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