netwire
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Mooresboro, NC | Great but...
Well that's great and all but what about first expanding to the areas not yet serviced by DSL or Cable for that matter? Yes, there are still people out there who can only get Satellite....shutter.. |
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rachelsfx
join:2004-09-27
Pensacola, FL | Beter than other 256/128 plans for $24.95! |
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shoan
join:2006-02-27
Benton, AR
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I so agree with you. They whine about not being able to serve everyone due to them not being profitable to extend dsl to the entire area on one hand and cut profits where they do have dsl in on the other hand. At least my dial up price should go down more since if you are in an area with no dsl served by AT&T they give you dial up for the cheapest price that you can get dsl vs the higher priced dail up in a dsl served area. Still no concession to why they are not pushing dsl out to more people. They would make more money off of the people that are out of dsl range begging for it than they will from getting dial up users to switch to dsl for cheaper than what they were paying for dial up in the first place. I dont know is ti more expensive to run dial up for them than dsl and if this is true then why is that not motivating them to deploy more dsl. Just makes no real sense to me someone explain this to me. |
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NewMariner
join:2005-06-24
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I suggest you read their proposals...now whether or not they do this is another story...but they ceded the information willingly...
By December 31, 2007, AT&T/BellSouth1 will offer broadband Internet access service
(i.e., Internet access service at speeds in excess of 200 kbps in at least one direction) to
100 percent of the residential living units in the AT&T/BellSouth in-region territory.2 To
meet this commitment, AT&T/BellSouth will offer broadband Internet access services to
at least 85 percent of such living units using wireline technologies (the “Wireline
Buildout Area”). The merged entity will make available broadband Internet access
service to the remaining living units using alternative technologies and operating
arrangements, including but not limited to satellite and Wi-Max fixed wireless
technologies. AT&T/BellSouth further commits that at least 30 percent of the
incremental deployment after the Merger Closing Date necessary to achieve the Wireline
Buildout Area commitment will be to rural areas or low income living units.3 |
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jc1350
join:2004-09-23
1 edit | reply to netwire
Exactly. I'm too far from the local CO for DSL. Cable is on my street, but 1/2 mile away in one direction and 1/4 mile away in the other. My neighbors and I signed a petition asking for cable and that we would all pay the cost of the cable runs along the street and to our homes. Those requests have been ignored...not even a one-word response.
Cable and phone companies continue to ignore areas...look at Verizon's cherry-picking for their FIOS deployment areas...areas that already have DSL and cable service. Why not use FIOS to get those without any broadband connected first? Why won't the cable company lay it's namesake on my part of the street?
As for their promises..phone companies make promises all the time to big brother so they can complete their deal/rate hike, etc. Yet they mostly break those promises with no action from big brother. Verizon did it to PA a few years ago. I don't have any faith in AT&T. |
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shoan
join:2006-02-27
Benton, AR
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This will be great if this is happens but I hate that they slide the satellite in there, seems like a cop out by rebranding someone elses service to be able to say hey looky we have 100% broadband penetration. I will give them the benefit of the doubt and if we do not have DSL in the next 4 years we are moving. That is when we decided to set a mark for our family to look at buying a bigger house and what not and I will never make the mistake of buying in a non-broadband serviced area again. That was my mistake for not checking more closely and following up on little details and so I live with it. |
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c0de
join:2004-10-14
Richmond, VA
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i live inside city limits of Richmond Virginia and next door to me is one of the largest malls in/around the city. but for some reason DSL is not offered to me because i am too far from the CO. now explain to me how there are three targets, 2 ukrops, 6 ABC stores, and over 50 Resturants/places to eat with in a 5mi radius of me, but yet i cant get effing DSL? |
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
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| i live inside city limits of Richmond Virginia and next door to me is one of the largest malls in/around the city. but for some reason DSL is not offered to me because i am too far from the CO. now explain to me how there are three targets, 2 ukrops, 6 ABC stores, and over 50 Resturants/places to eat with in a 5mi radius of me, but yet i cant get effing DSL?
I would be willing to bet all the stuff around you is fed on fiber so there isn't really much copper to feed your DSL on. We have this happen alot around areas with rapid or recent explosions in growth. Most often in areas surrounding shopping malls. |
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griminal
Finally.
join:2001-06-25
Bangor, MI | reply to jc1350
You need to go down the street and setup a wireless link with one of the homes with service. That's what I had to do.  |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | reply to NewMariner
Wonderful, DSLR should just close right now since we have 100% broadband availability penetration already in the USA, through magical ATT birds flying 200miles up in space. Wildblue's logo is blue, i wonder if a merger with ATT is in order. |
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Defcon888
Premium
join:2003-07-22
San Bruno, CA
 ·AT&T Yahoo
·DSL EXTREME
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said by griminal  :You need to go down the street and setup a wireless link with one of the homes with service. That's what I had to do. ATT should just set up a bunch of wireless repeaters to some fiber connection near the CO + RADIUS.. rather than some 99$ modem, why not a wifi card of some sort..
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mocycler
Premium
join:2001-01-22
Naperville, IL
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to netwire
said by netwire :Well that's great and all but what about first expanding to the areas not yet serviced by DSL or Cable for that matter? Yes, there are still people out there who can only get Satellite....shutter.. They don't serve the sticks because it costs too much, period. It's probably the same reason country folk cannot get a pizza delivered or have a well instead of city water.
It costs thousands of dollars per mile to run a drop. You really expect AT&T or anyone else to front the $$ to serve, say, a few dozen or so customers at ten bucks a month each? Like pizza joints, internet providers are for-profit operations.
There are pros and cons of living in any area. Rural people generally have lower living expenses in exchange for fewer amenities. You can't have it both ways.
Those who choose to live in black holes forfeit their right to complain that it's dark.
mocycler |
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