alfnoid
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join:2002-02-18 | this is because Nville wants to be a phone company
They (Naperville) were trying to become a phone company themselves last I was living there so this is not just a fairness to our residents thing.
It is also a competition thing. |
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TK Junk Mail
Go ahead, make my day
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join:2002-03-03
Margate City, NJ
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March 4th, @11:26AM
| In an effort to encourage citizens to rally against the proposed law, Naperville has placed mock-ups of the ugly U-verse boxes around town bearing the message “brought to you from AT&T.”
This topic was just discussed at BBR on Feb 22:
»Town Says AT&T Vengeful in Lightspeed Cabinet Fight |
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radougherty
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Austin, TX
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said by alfnoid  :They (Naperville) were trying to become a phone company themselves last I was living there so this is not just a fairness to our residents thing. It is also a competition thing. IIRC, they were wanting to do this since Ameritech/SBC/AT&T wasn't rolling out Project Lightspeed/DSL due to another fight with regulators, and since the telco wasn't doing it the city said we would. |
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nixen
Rockin' the Boxen
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Alexandria, VA
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said by TK Junk Mail : In an effort to encourage citizens to rally against the proposed law, Naperville has placed mock-ups of the ugly U-verse boxes around town bearing the message “brought to you from AT&T.”
This topic was just discussed at BBR on Feb 22: » Town Says AT&T Vengeful in Lightspeed Cabinet Fight Itasca = Naperville? Or is it just the Jerseyites' view that all communities in Illinois are interchangeable?
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batageek
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Batavia, IL
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March 4th, @11:17PM
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Yeah, but since they own their own fiber plant, I bet they'd at least be bright enough to roll out fiber to the home.
Naperville's biggest complaint with the Deathstar, last I heard, was lack of a full build out within a franchise area.
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