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Re: 25mbits is not enough for internet, tv, phone
said by bmn  :said by TK Junk Mail :So whose method is best? Verizon's way of paying most of the FTTH costs in one big splurge? Or AT&T's way of "pay as you go"? Build it right the first time and get it paid for... Or keep pay for continual incremental upgrades as you play catch up... In the long run, one costs less.. Exactly. While the cost of "normal" DSLAMs and the like have been falling, all this cutting edge VDSL stuff is not cheap. Nor are the settop boxes, dsl modems, etc. And if ATT goes through a few iterations of DSL technology to keep pace with things, that's even more money. And the continuing maintenance of all that copper, even if it is being "pushed out" closer to the customer, is still going to be much more than maintaining a fiber plant. Especially if they need to bond multiple pairs to get the bandwidth they need for a home with 3 or 4 televisions and 2 or more DVRs.
I absolutely despise Verizon, but I think they clearly made the right move with FiOS. |
