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| reply to Karl Bode
Re: Spending big bucks($30b); is it worth it?
Problem is, Rochester's incumbent isn't Verizon - it's Frontier. Maybe if Verizon went on an M&A spree, Rochester would get FiOS... someday. 
It'd be nice if Frontier were to roll out FttP. As it is, however, through a bunch of corporate shenanigans, Frontier has gone from a local telco (Rochester Telephone), to local/LD/mobile (as part of Global Crossing), to a nationwide hodgepodge of mostly rural fixed-line carriers (as part of Citizens Communications). Frontier's DSL deployment is probably worse than Qwest's, because they don't want to can't afford to spend the money for a serious go at it.
Sorry for the rant. It's just that my parents, who live not too far from Rochester, can get either RoadRunner ($50 a month!) or satellite - no DSL. They use $10 dialup instead.
Fact of the Day: Frontier Cellular was acquired by Bell Atlantic Mobile, which then became Verizon Wireless. Thus, most of VZW's footprint in upstate New York was actually owned by Frontier at one time. |
