gatorkram
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Re: Point Has Merit
said by pnh102  :Anyone who is interested in determining service availability can use these forms to see if where they will be living can receive service. There is no need for an Act of Congress here. Before I got phone service at this address, I tried to check to see if I could get DSL here. It said no. Good thing I didn't rely on that system to determine if I wanted to live here.
For whatever reason, the moment I got phone service, it showed up that I could also get DSL.
Also these systems are well known to fail on new construction addresses.
Was a nice try though, what you said. To bad it's not true.
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pnh102
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| said by gatorkram :Was a nice try though, what you said. To bad it's not true. So based on your one single example you are going to conclude that all the information spewed by these links is false?
What makes you think government-mandated maps will be any more accurate?
For most people I know, these websites were a good thing, they verified broadband availability prior to moving.
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| said by gatorkram :What makes you think government-mandated maps will be any more accurate? It has been my experience the government does very little in respect to things that have come from those providing money to their coffers. With that said I believe the maps will be untouched and therefore only as accurate as the info provided by the ISP's |
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said by pnh102 :What makes you think government-mandated maps will be any more accurate? Because information for government maps must, by federal law, conform to FDGC standards for metadata and placing purposefully misleading accuracy statements in that metadata would then open up the data providers to lawsuit if those data are the basis for incorrect decisions.
Right now, Verizon makes no guarantee to their accuracy and has no liability if the accuracy of their mappings are incorrect.
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Verizon makes it impossible to see weather they will give you service without a call. Same with Earthlink. without a phone number they dont pull anything up. and anything built in last 15 years isnt registered on either site. so i think your statement is inaccurate. |
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