Two Tiered Internet

Jared Mauch jared at puck.nether.net
Thu Dec 15 03:06:24 UTC 2005


On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 05:14:46PM -0800, Tony Li wrote:
> 
> >I guess you missed all those trenches being dug in Verizon land to  
> >install
> >fiber to the home. I guess you missed all the network upgrades in  
> >ATT/SBC
> >and Bellsouth land to shorten their copper loop distances.
> >
> >Sounds like they are manufacturing more bandwidth and the zero sum  
> >game
> >is getting bigger.
> 
> 
> I believe it when it gets to my street.  So far, the reality is  
> Really Slow DSL, with
> service and installation times measured in weeks at costs that aren't
> competitive.  So yes, I missed all of that.

	Ditto.

	No matter how many million IPTV users there
are, it's not reaching the area where i live.  I'd love Verizon
to come into the chunk of the SBC area where i live
that is adjancent to their existing service area and attempt
to compete with each other.

	- jared

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