cwpf
join:2002-01-07
Leesburg, VA
|  reply to mrs213
Re: too little, too late
First off, it's not a true competitive market. There is only one company that owns the last mile in any given LATA. Therefore if you want DSL you're basically at that LECs mercy. Here in the 21rst Century Fiber to the Curb is a liability.
I live in what is described as the technology corridor in the D.C. area and have been waiting for DSL for over 5 years. Many major high tech corporations employ many of my friends and neighbors. Only within the last year has 2-way high speed cable been an option. So where are the options? Where are the victories? Verizon has publicly stated that they prefer to stay in litigation before they would consider opening their markets. It's a fools play. While they drag their feet they lose more potential customer to the cable companies. Just wait until these same cable companies start to offer VoIP. Which in today's terms is any day.
I would rather companies such as Verizon focus on providing a better product to all they serve instead of wasting time with sales gimicks. Consider the motivation for Verizon to provide SAT. It's nothing more than an attempt to get back at the cable companies who are taking their business away.
As for the a single bill? Who cares. If you make electronic payments you don't even notice.
Lastly to the "tiny-ass" kingdom - it's the LECs that are trying to stifle competition. Just read the reports on the lobbing efforts of these same companies.
Oh and BTW, I won't pay the cable companies, I have DirecTV, and I still use Dial-up. It's the principle. Where's my DSL service? Oh it's stuck in some non-provisioned DSLAM in a Verizon warehouse. |
