[GRLUG] FiOS -- NOT

[Bob Kline]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam at whitemice.org
> wrote:

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> > Verizon never committed to bringing FiOS to its entire local-phone
> > service area.
>
> And what company, anywhere, has "committed" to bringing broadband to its
> entire market?
>

The FCC.  Not a company?  Well,
think of GM.  Almost 100% taxpayer
owned.  Of course to the FCC broadband
means 200 Kbps or more, not the 100
Mbps that FiOS was offering at first.
Or the 1Gbps that Google calls broadband.

>
> > It has introduced FiOS in 16 states, but the deployment is
> > concentrated on the East Coast,
>
> Which has dramatically higher customer-per-square-miles.
>

Probably a factor, but AT&T and Comcast
say they have fiber to the street, and then
twisted pair to the home.  How much would
it cost to run fiber that last distance?

>
> > Moffett believes the end of FiOS expansion means that cable companies
> > will lose fewer subscribers, starting next year.
>
> With Comcast cutting of analog service market by market I think the
> shedding of customers will continue.
>

To?  Someone here said AT&T U-verse is
not widely available.

I called Comcast late last fall and
the person said it would "roll out"
22 and 50 Mbps services in Q1.
Q1 is over in a few days.

You can get a "business service"
at each of those rates, for a mere
$100 and $190 a month, respectively.
FiOS was about $35 a month for those
rates.

   -- Bob


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