CCTVTech
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join:2003-04-23
Phoenix, AZ
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| No Limit/Restrictions
With fiber Verizon will never have a speed limit (From Verizon To The Customer), plus they can offer tons of different services over that fiber. Copper is old technology that can't handle the speeds of the future, cable says they can provide the bandwidth but that is only for a few more years.
For the people who say no one needs that much bandwidth are the same type of people who said no one needs faster than 56K back in BBS days.
I see a day where I can have 2 HD streams, Transfer a Gig of photos to family, and check the inventory of my fridge from the grocery store all at the same time with bandwidth to spare. |
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retsam
join:2004-09-02
Red Bank, NJ | gawd, what a stupid thread. lets see, people bitch that america is falling behind in broadband. then when a company actually goes through with a state of the art network those say people bith about the costs!....get a life loosers. |
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Pashune
Inhaling at 675 KB per sec.
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join:2006-04-14
Gautier, MS | Hmm, if you think about it; Those OTHER countries who have better broadband than we do also have better pricing...
Also, do a spellcheck. Thanks. |
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pepe7
join:2003-08-25
|  Yes, they do. And did you every consider why this is the case? Well for starters they also have varying forms of government subsidies to fund business development in some cases which we do not. Combine that with a generally smaller area of land to cover, and you can quickly see how their prices could be better for faster service.
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Hangmn
Don't Fight It...It's Inevitable
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join:2000-04-08
Philadelphia, PA
| said by pepe7  :Yes, they do. And did you every consider why this is the case? Well for starters they also have varying forms of government subsidies to fund business development in some cases which we do not. Combine that with a generally smaller area of land to cover, and you can quickly see how their prices could be better for faster service. -Pedro Pah lessse
Di you ever consider that with more customers per square mile our Telcos have MADE MORE MONEY?
Not to mention sweet heart deals exonerating them from BILLIONS is taxes they just aren't living up to their side of the deal?
The Telcos have been fucking consumers for DECADES time to pay.
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pepe7
join:2003-08-25
| This discussion seems to come and go here @ BBR along with several tangents. I'm not sure why you feel I disagree with your point of view regarding the grip of the telcos based on one statement(?)
Anyway, the smaller footprint/difference in scale combined with higher levels of govt subsidies in Europe is one catalyst for easier deployment. They also have much more standardized plans for rolling out broadband technologies nationally (and across the EU), again, which is ultimately easier based on the fact that they are not covering such a spread out land mass. I'm not disputing that the Telcos have been screwing with us all along, as it's common knowledge. It's similar to the oil companies, auto manufacturers and airlines who always get their way forcefully in congress and get bailed out with our tax dollars. The fact that the telcos constantly protect their territories akin to a pissing match does not help us progress either. Without a doubt, certain industries/businesses have much better access to a free ride overall in the U.S. If more Americans would concern themselves with what goes on in local/national politics the greedy telcos might be more willing to work more closely to combine their own shareholder agenda with national plans to modernize our technological infrastructure. Or perhaps these ideas are too much in opposition(?)
-Pedro |
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wentlanc
You Can't Fix Dumb..
join:2003-07-30
Maineville, OH
| reply to pepe7
said by pepe7 :Yes, they do. And did you every consider why this is the case? Well for starters they also have varying forms of government subsidies to fund business development in some cases which we do not. Combine that with a generally smaller area of land to cover, and you can quickly see how their prices could be better for faster service. Hmm... sounds like you just described municipal access to me! Smaller area to cover makes prices cheaper. And the gov's are already providing funding through tax breaks to these corps like Verizon. I'd rather see their quarterly bonuses turned into one more neighborhood online.
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