ObdH
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join:2003-06-11 | re:article
right!, now, sbc, let's talk my 25/10mb home line now  |
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DSL_Steve
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join:2003-11-28
Woodbury, CT | Before we get carried away with expansion, lets fix the problems we already have.
»[anyone else ?] Where did 150k of my bandwidth go? |
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reub2000
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join:2001-12-28
Evanston, IL | If you do this, test it in
Evanston, IL please! |
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Boogeyman
Drive it like you stole it
Premium
join:2002-12-17
Huntsville, AL
| whoopie
I think
"Still, you should believe in fiber to the home from your local incumbent only when the LED's from the modem shine brightly on your pale skin. Promises like these have been hitting the wires for decades as the bells work to impress the FCC, and loosen the regulatory noose."
says it perfectly...
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BigCreek
God Is Good.
Premium
join:2002-06-25
Heber Springs, AR | I'd just be glad if I could get ...
I'd just be glad if I could get 384/128 DSL.
Or any form of broadband for that matter. I'll start dreaming of fiber in, say, 2050. |
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hedyd4u
Premium
join:2003-12-16
Schenectady, NY | Verizon is testing fttp in Kellar, Texas. |
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cbrigante2
Cubs 20??
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join:2002-11-22
North Aurora, IL | yawn
I'll get excited when they can get past 26k dialup in my area. |
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sledboy
join:2004-06-03
Stratford, CT | yeah right
I will believe it when I see it  |
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ib50MbSoon
Formerly TwoKDialup
Premium
join:2002-06-07
Coloma, MI | YIPEEEEE!
<sarcasm> Another Project Pronto!!!! </sarcasm> |
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bac522
join:2003-08-04
Manchester, NH | reply to sledboy
Re: yeah right
The government should fine a company every time they release a press release that doesn't materialize. Damn, national deficit would be wiped out based on ILEC press releases. |
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ced06
join:2004-03-12
Towanda, PA
| reply to cbrigante2
Re: yawn
said by cbrigante2  :
I'll get excited when they can get past 26k dialup in my area.
Me too!  |
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JohnM525
join:2000-09-07
Ingleside, IL
|  SBC... yeah right... I say vote with your dollar !
I recently found out that Comcast is servicing my area with cable Internet, and I ordered it immediately ! A friend who was connected before me, is getting close to 3000kb/sec for less than I am paying for Earthlink/Covad/SBC (183k download/100k upload) DSL service.
As soon as that new bandwidth is connected, I am switching to a VOIP box connected to all of my phones, and dropping both the DSL and home phone services from SBC. Cost is only $0.02-0.03 a minute anywhere in the US for outbound (free inbound), and no monthly phone bill, taxes, and fees. Plus I get all of the services I pay a for now: caller ID, call waiting, 3-way calling, (Voice-mail $1 mo.),and on 2(CO)lines. I can even get a toll-free number for everyone to call me on, which saves them from long distance calls to me ! Even with paying for an interface box at $100, I am saving myself at least $70 a month !!!
I can help you if your interested in doing this too !
Sincerely,
John Martoccio
John@fastad.com |
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hedyd4u
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join:2003-12-16
Schenectady, NY | All good things will come to an end once the government intervenes. So enjoy it while it lasts.
It is time for a smaller Government. |
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Octopussy2
Premium
join:2003-03-30
Batavia, IL
| I'd like to see SBC quit talking out both sides of their mouth....oh wait, that'll never happen. First the LA Times article and now this gem.
In the Tri-Cities they just keep helping us with stuff like this. They told everyone last year FTTH was was "too hard" and sophisticated for anyone to run a utility with it out here. We didn't need it here...copper was good enough for us...and even now they haven't rolled out those services to all of us in the Tri-Cities!! We should just wait to be served by you SBC? I think not....and not at the exorbitant rates they charge either.
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batmanst
join:2003-12-23
Beverly Hills, CA
| reply to hedyd4u
said by hedyd4u :
All good things will come to an end once the government intervenes. So enjoy it while it lasts.
It is time for a smaller Government.
you r so right, government waste funds on useless things like war in afghanistan and iraq
even thought that some don't agree, they do it anyway |
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Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
clubs: 
| Forget the fiber....
Personally, I think they should focus on providing DSL to the home first.
Two out of the last Two places I've lived couldn't get it.
And One..had only a million people living in town! (Columbus, Ohio).
But..within a 2 minute walk I could visit all the following...
Circuit City
Best Buy
Walmart
Sams Club
Target
CompUSA
and on..and on....
and on.
But...
No DSL.
That's not to say that all of the city experienced that but for me to have been in such a heavily concentrated area such as the above and not be able to get it speaks volumes about the problems that still remain with access.
BUT..that was ok. I got to become RoadRunner Rick instead.  |
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TheMetrix
R.T.F.M. - P.E.B.K.A.C
Premium
join:2002-06-15
Utica, MI
clubs: |  Bills
I don't really care about how much they are spending. I want to know if my DSL experience will be good and will the cost be offset to us, the customer? Without a doubt it will in the end. |
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GemSnake
Premium
join:2000-10-19
3rd layer
clubs: | reply to ObdH
Re: re:article
Are you willing to shell out for 25/10? Or do you expect to pay pocket change for it?
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
 ·PHONE POWER
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to DSL_Steve
Yes, that's a great idea. Let's halt all progress nationwide until they get your 150kbps back.  There's over 290,000,000 people in the US (source), one would think we could accomplish just a few tasks simultaneously, no?
A lot of the problems people have with availability, reliability and speed will disappear if SBC deploys fiber.
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ooluser
@optonline.net
| Copper DSL/Dialup = OLD - Fiber = NEW
Stop whining about how you can't get DSL or your speeds suck. DSL is an expensive service to roll out, and many things effect the speed you'll get. With FTTP/FTTH there will be NO issues with distance, and it'll be able to provide top speed to everyone, no matter where they live if they have access to the fiber network. Current copper technology was built for telegraphs, than we used it for phones, now we use it for data. It's pritty amazing how much we milked out of the old technology.... But now is the time to upgrade to fiber, where a little LED can send you top speeds, not electricity which is effected by distance.
So stop complaining about your current issues, it's too expensive to fix it. Why invest into old technology when new technology which is almost unlimited in speed could be built and last another century.
-ooluser |
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