roamer1
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| reply to oliphant5
Re: Makes sense
said by oliphant5  :
As far as DSL out-pacing cable in California, it's also no surprise that the natural topology of DSL lends itself to better deployment statistics in high density populations where the limitations of DSL reach aren't such a factor as they are in rural communities which dominate mid-west states. Think about it...you can drive from way north of Los Angeles to San Diego and never leave the "city" save for the occasional coastal military base.
That, and the fact that many areas (most parts of the L.A. area now served by Adelphia, etc.) didn't get cable upgrades until well AFTER SBC/PacBell, VZ/GTE, Covad, etc. launched DSL, and some areas (most of San Jose, etc.) STILL aren't upgraded, thanks to cable companies constantly changing hands and/or politically-charged stalling of upgrades...
From what I've seen, DSL clearly has the upper hand in L.A. (with some exceptions, such as the part of Orange County served by Cox) and the Bay Area, mostly because of the slow pace of cable upgrades in those areas, but cable seems to do much better in San Diego and in the less-dense inland cities such as Bakersfield and Sacramento.
-SC
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