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story category BellSouth Expands Wimax Service
Albany, GA and Paducah, KY by month's end
(old news - 01:45PM Thursday Oct 05 2006)
tags: coverage · wireless · telco
BellSouth's 1.5Mbps pre-Wimax wireless broadband service has gone live in two additional markets and will be expanded in the New Orleans area, according to a statement from the company. By late October, the service will go live in "select parts" of Albany, Georgia and Paducah, Kentucky. The 384kbps flavor of this service costs $29.95/month, and the 1.5Mbps tier costs $39.95 (plus a $100 modem). BellSouth's availability map is available here.

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DaMaGeINC
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1.5Mbps??

Im guessing this service is appealing to those without cable or dsl avail in their area.
permalink · 2006-10-05 13:58:59 · Reply to this

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Re: 1.5Mbps??

said by DaMaGeINC See Profile :

Im guessing this service is appealing to those without cable or dsl avail in their area.
Of course.
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permalink · 2006-10-05 14:12:56 · Reply to this

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Re: 1.5Mbps??

Then in that respect, wont those people be "too far" anyway to even get this???
permalink · 2006-10-05 14:14:37 · Reply to this

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Re: 1.5Mbps??

said by DaMaGeINC See Profile :

Then in that respect, wont those people be "too far" anyway to even get this???
They'd have to look at the coverage map to determine if they qualify for the service.
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permalink · 2006-10-05 14:18:20 · Reply to this

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what a cash cow for BS. plus, we're bringing back 384 service?? why is the U.S. broadband market going backwards instead of forwards?
permalink · 2006-10-05 14:09:58 · Reply to this

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said by morbo See Profile :

what a cash cow for BS. plus, we're bringing back 384 service?? why is the U.S. broadband market going backwards instead of forwards?
This is Wimax. Therefore we are going forward as they are bringing a 3rd choice of broadband in some areas, and the ONLY choice for broadband in other areas.
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permalink · 2006-10-05 14:12:43 · Print · Reply to this

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Re: cow

for those areas where this is the ONLY option, then yes, this is moving forward. otherwise there are still only 2 options, right? dsl or wimax through bs or cable. not to mention that bs is not going to compete seriously against itself, as you can see by the 384 speed and 29.99 price tag.
permalink · 2006-10-05 15:29:34 · Reply to this

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said by morbo See Profile :

for those areas where this is the ONLY option, then yes, this is moving forward. otherwise there are still only 2 options, right? dsl or wimax through bs or cable. not to mention that bs is not going to compete seriously against itself, as you can see by the 384 speed and 29.99 price tag.
Regardless on how you look at it, an additional broadband option is moving FORWARD. The fact now that some areas may have now 4 different options for broadband (cable, dsl, wimax, sat) is moving forward.
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permalink · 2006-10-05 15:44:23 · Print · Reply to this

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said by morbo See Profile :

for those areas where this is the ONLY option, then yes, this is moving forward. otherwise there are still only 2 options, right? dsl or wimax through bs or cable. not to mention that bs is not going to compete seriously against itself, as you can see by the 384 speed and 29.99 price tag.
Other areas that will begin to see Wimax will have much higher speeds (assuming they already have DSL or cable). Areas that only have dial up or satellite internet will see these type of speeds at first. The way the operators are looking at it is that people will be glad to have any kind of broadband (other than sat) so even 384k is welcome. The other thing is that they can offer 384k, keep customers happy, AND make some decent $$. This is the real driving factor for BS in this case.
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permalink · 2006-10-05 15:51:24 · Print · Reply to this

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said by morbo See Profile :

what a cash cow for BS. plus, we're bringing back 384 service?? why is the U.S. broadband market going backwards instead of forwards?
More competition is going forward, not backwards.
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Re: cow

said by LiamJunket See Profile :

More competition is going forward, not backwards.
Name the competing services of this product and the provider of those services.

On a side note, I'd really like to have a law forcing anyone that claims satellite is "broadband" to spend two years using it.
permalink · 2006-10-05 20:05:13 · Reply to this

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permalink · 2006-10-05 15:38:07 · Reply to this

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after the merger

they'll turn it off. And they won't build most of it in the first place.

See »www.newnetworks.com/bellbroadban···res.html
permalink · 2006-10-05 16:14:34 · Reply to this

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no point for citys, good for rural areas.

It's no good for this service to be deployed in city areas where broadband access is already abundant, but if those signals can reach rural areas where broadband is scarce, then I see this as a great opportunity for Bellsouth.
permalink · 2006-10-05 17:03:26 · Reply to this
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