(resending due to spam catching original message) On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Bryan Price <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 4:54 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 16:47 -0400, Paul Spicer wrote: >> > I originally went with the 3mb plan because it was cheaper than the >> regular >> > AT&T DSL service I had. >> >> Yes and not sure if they will continue to install DSL in new locations.
I'm not willing to risk my job by giving any proprietary information, but suffice to say I know with a certain amount of reliability that this isn't true. The best description I can really provide is that where deployment is happening is slow and definitely not a focus of AT&T right now. AT&T is focusing on trying to deploy U-Verse for many reasons, and hopes it will eventually replace DSL. I don't forsee that happening though, as they can not really justify the price of deployment in rural areas. (it will be much easier to refer to 'regular' dsl as ADSL and U-Verse as VDSL so will use these terms instead) ADSL has much more reach than VDSL. Because of this, just like how there are people who still use 56k today, I dont personally believe that DSL will ever be fully phased out unless a better replacement emerges, or the government mandates it (both highly possible). Wireless internet is definitely a focus, and related to AT&T's decision to purchase T-Mobile, but I dont think we'll see wireless internet replacing landline internet for a while. >> > > I think it was announced with the couple of months that all DSL users that > can be covered by U-Verse would eventually be converted over to U-verse, and > if it cost them more, then they could cancel without an ETF. Some customers are going to be forced to switch, but this will not be all customers. I'm not real sure how much I can comment on this, but suffice to say it's not the majority of customers. It's mostly customers who aren't using a typical DSL connection such as IFITL. AT&T does intend to keep [most of] their current DSL customers, however, some areas are being 'capped', meaning no further DSL sales are allowed. This means if you lose your DSL service for any reason, getting it back would not be a possibility and U-Verse would be the only option. There are actually some technical reasons for this, but of course the primary reason is their desire to deploy U-Verse. > I was thinking > about a friend of mine that has DSL in Middleburg, and the fact that she > hasn't said anything about it, and then I thought, U-Verse isn't available > in her area yet. If the population density isn't very high, it may be a very long time until they deploy there. They get their best bang for buck out of densely populated areas. Population density has been the pattern I've noticed which has affected deployment. Also, signing up for waiting lists does actually affect business decisions, as they may see that they have a higher earning potential with deployment in a certain area if all of the residents have signed up for a waiting list. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
