Raptor
Not a Dumptruck
join:2001-10-21
London, ON
 ·Rogers Hi-Speed
 ·Bell Sympatico
| Fire!
A range of ad-free, paid subscription options, including day passes and monthly subscriptions will also be available with speeds of up to 1 Megabit per second (Mbps). Honestly, if they put some money into it and made it a worthwhile service, say closer to what IMO 'minimum' broadband should be, around 3mbit, I think their subscriber base would be much larger.
Heh, maybe they want it to fail. And since they themselves would have tried and failed, of course any local start-ups from that point into the future can be laughed at and subsequently obliterated when Master Vader sets his targeting sensors.
However, not knowing exactly what the residential layout of the Riverside area is like, perhaps this is great news for those who have no other options.
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morbo
Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
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clubs:
·Charter Pipeline
·AT&T Southwest
| said by Raptor  :Honestly, if they put some money into it and made it a worthwhile service, say closer to what IMO 'minimum' broadband should be, around 3mbit, I think their subscriber base would be much larger. seems like they want it to succeed but not rival the incumbent's current offerings. |
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Telephone Man
@cebridge.net
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AT&T is not about to make this service too good, mainly because they (SBC) own all the landlines in Riverside, as well as Cingular and if this service really works like broadband should you can circumvent the landlines and avoid using cell phones minutes using this WiFi as a VOIP channel which they get no money for currently, and not about to cannabilize their legacy central offices, and or giving you the option of reducing your cell minutes, you're dead on, and by the way it does taint anyone else from entering the market. |
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