On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 03:42:32AM +0000, Fergie wrote: > > Perhaps, depending on the last-mile and the consumer/business > distinction, but up through the late 90's, all that was available > to consumers (at best) was ISDN in Bell Atlantic territory -- at > least in Northern Virginia. I left that area around 2000. > > >If you've got the money, they've got the ethernet for you. > > > >Unfortunately, "I want it" isn't a good business case. > > > > True enough, and let's not confuse "business services" with > "consumer services." The telcos/cablecos don't. :-) > > - - ferg
perhaps not. but there is a real issue w/ the number of businesses that operate from the home (according to some numbers this is as high as 65% of all US business) and the telcos still retain a mindset of business areas and residential areas. It is not possible to get some "business services" deployed in a "residential" area. For example, the new AT&T wanted to charge me 45,000.00 for a 120meter build into my home... it was cheaper to lease office space and then they did the buildout for free. The MRC was/is the same. The point being, there are artifical constructs that define where "business" and "consumer/residential" services can be offered. persuading a telco, one home-based business at a time, that regardless of the zoning - there are really 65% of those apartments running businesses and want business-class services is an exercise in futility. --bill