Telco Video Dreams > FTTH, VDSL??? GIVE ME DSL - any form thereof

reply to Givemedsl

Re: FTTH, VDSL??? GIVE ME DSL - any form thereof

Who says he lives out in the "stickes". I live in an EXTREMELY WEATLHY EXTREMELY INNER INNER INNER INNER INNER INNER SUBURB of Detroit and won't have any broadband options probably ever. My apartment complex 400 units in about 1/16 sq mile(probably over 3500 people in my sq mile not exactly the sticks) built their own satellite system in the late 80s(a decision I'm sure they regret every day due to the rent incentives they are forced to give, I got 2 months free this year!!) and SBC(Same Bull Crap) is too stupid to not target our complex where they will have a monopoly. Instead they built an RT for 2 other complexes in the same sq mile(like I said, it's dense) which already had cable. I doubt they have 40% of the broadband customers there. If they deploy here, they get 100%....

NOW PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THE RBOCs AREN'T IDIOTS

reply to DaMaGeINC
People need to realize that this simplistic notion of city/rural, rich/poor, educated/uneducated has nothing to do with modern realities.

Many of the communities that can't get broadband are upper middle class, college educated, white collar, suburban communities. These people have all of the other modern services and are within throwing distance of all of the modern conveniences.

It is simply inaccurate to claim that everyone but the extremely rural population can get broadband.

reply to DaMaGeINC
Well, sucks for you guys, I have Broadband everywhere i live, but it all sucks, All we have is Bellsouth, Charter. So in terms of choice we have none. Bellsouth is too slow and so is charter, and they have a whole shit load of problems with their services too.
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