dogma
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join:2002-08-15
Boulder City, NV
| Another SBC/PacBell Crock of...
Anyone remember this?:
PacBell's Information Highway
"In November 1993, Pacific Bell announced a capital investment plan totaling $16 billion over the next seven years to upgrade core network infrastructure and to begin building California's 'Communications Superhighway.' This will be an integrated telecommunications, information and entertainment network providing advanced voice, data and video services. Using a combination of fiber optics and coaxial cable, Pacific Bell expects to provide [FTTH] broadband services to more than 1.5 million homes by the end of 1996, 5 million homes by the end of the decade."
Turned out to be an Information Highway to Nowhere. PacBell/SBC didn't spend a damn dime then, and only a sucker would believe they plan to provide anything new now. |
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thongsai
join:2002-07-04
Santa Rosa, CA | dsl is distance limited.. fiber is not.. so if they do deploy it.. a big if, almost every1 can get it.
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bmn
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join:2001-03-15
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Yeah, I remember that... Its one of the reasons you can't trust the Bells to do anything without the boot of regulation kicking them along...
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ATTek
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join:2000-12-13
Pinon Hills, CA
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Hmmm...might want to check your facts on that one. I have worked in neighborhoods that had been wired with PB broadband and some that actually worked for a short time. According to the brass,(I admit I don't know for sure) regulation issues and spats with some of the municipalities killed that project before it ever really got going.
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