Semi751
join:2006-01-03
Waddy, KY
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Bellsouth is terrible
BS better? I guess that depends where you live. Bellsouth in KY is notorious for refusing to upgrade their network to any degree even though they service much of the most populated part of the state. In 2000 when I sold my house there was a year and a half wait for a new phone (basic service) to the new owners because BS refused to upgrade the network.
In 2002 I tried to get ISDN from bellsouth as only 3 blocks in Downtown Frankfort were served with DSL, even ISDN wasn't available. Still today in 2006 I cannot get ISDN let alone DSL. Very few parts of the BS service are in KY are served with DSL while the remote rural areas served by Windstream and other companies have DSL to most homes. Even in extremely rural areas like 10 miles outside of Columbia KY (4,00 population) there is DSL available while in Frankfort and Shelbyville only portions of the town have DSL available. Thank god for cable with companies like Bellsouth. |
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verolom
join:2002-03-23
Eagleville, PA | reply to Semi751
Re: Bellsouth is terrible
Yes, I agree. BS standard DSL here is only 1.5 Mbps/256 kbps. I fail to see how that is better than SBC. |
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LeeWL
join:2002-11-10
Morrisville, NC
 ·AT&T Southeast
| said by verolom  :Yes, I agree. BS standard DSL here is only 1.5 Mbps/256 kbps. I fail to see how that is better than SBC. And the higher levels cost at least $10.00 a month more than similar tiers in the ATT/SBC areas so I am all for it. |
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kingmoon
join:2001-10-30
Buford, GA
| reply to verolom
You are one of the ones who are getting the HUGE upgrade Sad all you people see is there price not the REALITY of it all as in there service is truely best effort just look at there page it shows 3-6meg service not 6meg or 3meg or 1.5meg all ATT's services are this to this ,also there IS a reason ATT was broken up in the first place!!!! Mark my words whoever thinks this will be GOOD, in 5yrs i betcha you will not be sayin that....
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PHONEMAN
@sbc.com
| BEFORE THE BABY BELLS WERE ALLOWED LONG DISTANCE, OUR PHONE BILLS WERE HIGHER. BEFORE INTERNET TELEPHONE YOU HAD CELL PHONE OR PAY PHONE AS YOUR ONLY OTHER OPTION. NOW WITH THE PHONE COMPANIES OFFERING TV SERVICE AND THE CABLE COMPANIES OFFERING TELEPHONE( AND AS OF LAST WEEK CELL SERVICE TOO) YOUR BILLS FOR THESE SERVICES ARE GOING TO FALL. THE REALITY IS IN THE FUTURE ALL THESE PLAYERS WILL HAVE TO INCREASE SPEEDS AND COVERAGE TO SURVIVE. THERE ARE MORE PLAYERS NOW THAN IN 1984. THAT IS WHY THERE IS CHANGE. THAT IS WHY THERE ARE MERGERS. ITS CALLED NATURAL ORDER--SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. THE COMPANIES THAT COMBINE THERE RESOURCES HAVE A BETTER CHANCE TO SURVIVE. UNDUE THE MERGERS AND SEE WHATS LEFT AND WHAT KIND OF ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY YOU GET |
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Fatal Vector
join:2005-11-26
| "BEFORE THE BABY BELLS WERE ALLOWED LONG DISTANCE, OUR PHONE BILLS WERE HIGHER. BEFORE INTERNET TELEPHONE YOU HAD CELL PHONE OR PAY PHONE AS YOUR ONLY OTHER OPTION. NOW WITH THE PHONE COMPANIES OFFERING TV SERVICE AND THE CABLE COMPANIES OFFERING TELEPHONE( AND AS OF LAST WEEK CELL SERVICE TOO) YOUR BILLS FOR THESE SERVICES ARE GOING TO FALL. THE REALITY IS IN THE FUTURE ALL THESE PLAYERS WILL HAVE TO INCREASE SPEEDS AND COVERAGE TO SURVIVE. THERE ARE MORE PLAYERS NOW THAN IN 1984. THAT IS WHY THERE IS CHANGE. THAT IS WHY THERE ARE MERGERS. ITS CALLED NATURAL ORDER--SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. THE COMPANIES THAT COMBINE THERE RESOURCES HAVE A BETTER CHANCE TO SURVIVE. UNDUE THE MERGERS AND SEE WHATS LEFT AND WHAT KIND OF ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY YOU GET"
I have yet to see any of my bills, ESPECIALLY cellular and cable, do anything but go UP. The cable companies are doing nothing but repackaging standard cell plans at the sam prices. I think you need to get a clue.
It's not survival of the fittest, it's a matter of maintaining ones monopoly position. If they were really wanting to compete they would do what was necessary and then start entering each others areas and competing. The fact is that whitacre is trying to put Ma Bell back together and maintain the telco monopoly.
They should be forced to divest theirselves of the ownership of the plant and forced to compete with each other. THAT would lower prices and spur competition. |
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