<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Adam Tauno Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:awilliam@whitemice.org">awilliam@whitemice.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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> Verizon never committed to bringing FiOS to its entire local-phone<br>
> service area.<br>
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</div>And what company, anywhere, has "committed" to bringing broadband to its<br>
entire market?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The FCC. Not a company? Well, </div><div>think of GM. Almost 100% taxpayer</div><div>owned. Of course to the FCC broadband</div><div>means 200 Kbps or more, not the 100</div>
<div>Mbps that FiOS was offering at first.</div><div>Or the 1Gbps that Google calls broadband. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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> It has introduced FiOS in 16 states, but the deployment is<br>
> concentrated on the East Coast,<br>
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</div>Which has dramatically higher customer-per-square-miles.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Probably a factor, but AT&T and Comcast </div><div>say they have fiber to the street, and then</div><div>twisted pair to the home. How much would</div>
<div>it cost to run fiber that last distance? </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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> Moffett believes the end of FiOS expansion means that cable companies<br>
> will lose fewer subscribers, starting next year.<br>
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</div>With Comcast cutting of analog service market by market I think the<br>
shedding of customers will continue.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>To? Someone here said AT&T U-verse is</div><div>not widely available.</div><div><br></div><div>I called Comcast late last fall and</div><div>the person said it would "roll out"</div>
<div>22 and 50 Mbps services in Q1.</div><div>Q1 is over in a few days. </div><div><br></div><div>You can get a "business service"</div><div>at each of those rates, for a mere</div><div>$100 and $190 a month, respectively.</div>
<div>FiOS was about $35 a month for those</div><div>rates.</div><div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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