ntguru911
join:2001-03-26
Powell, OH
| Re: I love these stories Who is providing the port access? It's unusual for both the loop and the port to be provided by the ILEC.
The market doesn't always have a lot to do with the company's long-term viability, especially with all of the day traders out there.
We might see some further telco consolidation but if you think Verizon will just go out of business I think you're wishfully thinking. I think you best hope is they get bought out by someone with better service.
I do think these home grown solutions are really neat. My only concern is about redundancy and uptime. I know a lot of people in my neighborhood (myself included) depend on a reliable connection for their job. Fortunately, T/W Roadrunner has been available for years and now Ameritech has put in a Pronto RT so there are options. On an interesting side note, I grabbed an Orinoco wireless PC card and 7dBi omni-directional antennea and drove my neighborhood. The number of homes with 802.11b networks shocked me. Every fourth home has wireless networking already! |
