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April 28th, @04:13PM
| Oh...yeah...I posted in that topic. I can see Charlotte getting a speed bump way before Raleigh does. I'd be willing to bet some cash that AT&T will deploy U-verse in Charlotte before Raleigh (or any other area they serve in NC), and it's my understanding that Windstream offers ADSL2+ in parts of Charlotte or in the Charlotte area at speeds of 12/786. This is most likely why Charlotte will get a speed bump from TWC soon.
Until AT&T deploys U-verse in Raleigh and/or Verizon deploys FIOS in Durham there's absolutely no reason for TWC to do a speed bump in Raleigh. I've seen absolutely no indication that either one is coming to the Raleigh/Durham area any time soon. AT&T had a big hoopla press event almost a year ago in Raleigh about U-verse coming to NC (no specific areas mentioned), and they said there would be another press release at the end of 2007 with more info and possible dates. That second press release still hasn't happened.
TWC speed bumps are done by franchise, and Raleigh and Charlotte are two different TWC franchises (even though they're in the same state). TWC has three franchises in NC. Charlotte, Triad, and Eastern NC. They recently merged the Raleigh/Durham franchise with the Eastern NC franchise. The only way I'd see Raleigh getting a speed bump from TWC before U-verse or FIOS comes around is if there's some little podunk town that's part of the Eastern NC franchise which has Windstream as the local telco, and Windstream adds ADSL2+ there. |
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