ditka_b
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join:2001-10-05
Barrington, IL
 ·AT&T Midwest
| reply to nasadude
Re: if you believe that, I got a bridge to sell ya
Do any of you realize what it would take to offer more than 3-5mbps for cellular carriers?
95% of cell sites run off a single or multiple T1's that cost 1000's a month in many locations. To offer 100mbps would entail multiples of billions of dollars that frankly could never be recouped as noone would pay the 500 (450 for inet, 50 for 1000 minutes) a month for access that would be needed to even consider breaking even. |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to Vamp
said by Vamp  :said by nasadude :we're not going to have wired 100Mbps by 2010, much less wireless. even if these speeds are offered, we're talking ATT and Verizon here - it will probably be capped and one can only access telco offered content at the full speed. What do they expect people to do with these speeds with the restrictions they will likely require? I'm not even going to speculate on price. However, since we both live in MD, they will still be lagging with Verizon's discriminative deployment. discriminative deployment is better than no deployment[what qwest areas are getting]
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Demonic Llama
@dsl.net
| reply to Vamp
The problem in Maryland isnt that Verizon doesnt want to deploy the system, its that the state wants a 5% sales tax added to all the fios/dsl hubs from verizon and they screw that. Main pressure is coming from Comcast lobbyists here in Montgomery county where Comcast is king with the county. |
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Vamp
5c077
Premium
join:2003-01-28
MD
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to nasadude
said by nasadude :we're not going to have wired 100Mbps by 2010, much less wireless. even if these speeds are offered, we're talking ATT and Verizon here - it will probably be capped and one can only access telco offered content at the full speed. What do they expect people to do with these speeds with the restrictions they will likely require? I'm not even going to speculate on price. I will bet you $1000 (check back to this post in 2010) that Verizon FIOS will offer 100Megabit package at a decent price by the end of 2010.
However, since we both live in MD, they will still be lagging with Verizon's discriminative deployment.
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BabyBear
Keep wise ...with Night-Owl
join:2007-01-11
| reply to nasadude
You forgot to add 100Mbps BPL to that too. 
And something about a Space Odyssey too! 
"You've gone over your cap, dave!" |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
 ·Comcast
| we're not going to have wired 100Mbps by 2010, much less wireless.
even if these speeds are offered, we're talking ATT and Verizon here - it will probably be capped and one can only access telco offered content at the full speed. What do they expect people to do with these speeds with the restrictions they will likely require?
I'm not even going to speculate on price. |
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