| I agree...I have BellSouth DSL, have had in three different locations now, one with Fiber to the curb, the other two with copper ADSL, and I've had absolutely no problems whatsoever. The Telco's have been rolling out the DSL at a pretty damn fast rate, but of course cable is ahead right now, subscriberwise. DSL was only introduced about 1997 or so in the US?(not sure about other countries). Cable has had HSI since at least '95,(first time I heard about it in SoCal, a friend played online with cable HSI) That's two years sooner to roll out their product. Plus Cable's lines are much, much newer, alowing for less degredation in signal. POTS Lines for the most part are O-L-D! We're talking 20,40,50 years old in some places, and who knows, maybe even older. |
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| said by blackjeep:
The Telco's have been rolling out the DSL at a pretty damn fast rate, but of course cable is ahead right now, subscriberwise.
Cable got ahead because they invested in areas that the telcos would not upgrade. Regulations say Telcos must share lines so they do not invest in low density areas. Cable does not have to share so they have been more willing to move into under served areas, but of course then they are the only game in town. Don't we have the best of both systems the way it is? Competative DSL in high density areas and Cable available in the areas DSL will not touch if they have to share the lines.
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