I read about that in a financial publication a few weeks ago. Verizon basically declared that they spent a lot of money for the FIOS build out and it wasn’t doing well financially. So they were going to concentrate on getting more subscribers where there was existing plant and scale down future build outs.
From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband Where are you at? This is the first I’ve ever heard of Verizon de-emphasizing FIOS … -sc From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: National broadband I only wish FIOS was available for my place. It is across the road from me and Verizon has stopped pushing it out locally. When I have talked to their sales/service people they are not happy either. Sales complains about not getting any sales potentials and service because they are running into problems supporting the aging wire infrastructure as well as they have been trained on working with fiber and not getting to do any work to stay current/keep in practice. Both have had people complain to me about it being like me just a little ways away and not getting it either. Jon On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com> wrote: My Verizon FIOS business class service is $160/mo for 15Mbps up/down and 5 static IP's (all usable). -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:10 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: National broadband > > Ha, Regional Cable Co in my little podunk town of 1000 (of when we've had > DSL, Wireless, and Cable services for years) wants $250/month for a > "Business Plan" with static IP's. Same plan I had for a remote warehouse > with Comcast was $80. When I told them that they just said it's what we've > always charged and isn't going to change. I just use DSL and no-ip to redirect > my entire domain to my basement. Email, web, > etc all work great. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:59 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: National broadband > > As Steven Caesare said it would be nice to have a static IP at a reasonable > price without a whole bunch of restrictions. Unfortunately Windstream > deems a static IP to be part of a "business" plan and wants me to pay over > $100 / month just for DSL (NOT counting voice services, > etc) for 3 useable static IPs (5 total, IIRC -- 2 of the 5 are for their use - one for > the modem, I think and one for the broadcast.) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl..us > <mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> ] > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:51 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: National broadband > > Talking about no-brainers... In my area, DSL used to be the only broadband > option. Eventually, the cable company started offering faster access for the > same price. Do you think the local telco lowered their DSL rates, though? > Nope. I guess they figured folks would keep paying the same price for slower > speeds. > > They recently filed for bankruptcy protection. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:49 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: National broadband > > Well, just checked and my ISP has 6 Mbit internet available for the same price > I'm paying for 3 Mbit. No brainer here... I just ordered an upgrade. :-) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:31 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: National broadband > > Geez! I'd be more than happy with 10-15Mbit speed, or even a "true" 6 Mbit. > I don't have that option, AFAIK, with my ISP. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: hg [mailto:hgedr...@myrealbox.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:03 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: National broadband > > I always wonder the same thing. I even mentioned to two family members > that there was an even lower unpublished tier available that would save then > $20/month and after they changed to it they mentioned there was no > noticeable difference. > > Always on, reasonably low latency and a couple Mb speed works for a lot of > folks. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:23 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: National broadband > > I agree John. My big activities at home are playing MMOs, for the most part. > My Comcast connection at 6-12 Mb is just fine for that. I'm not running a > business out of my home or anything. > > What are people doing at home, for "personal" reasons, that would need > 50 - 100 Mbps down, and 50ish Mbps up? > > >>> John Hornbuckle <john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> 3/17/2010 11:08 > >>> AM >>> > I feel like such a neoluddite... I get 10-15Mbps at home via cable modem, and > honestly that's plenty fast for 99% of what I do. > > > > John Hornbuckle > MIS Department > Taylor County School District > www.taylor.k12.fl.us <http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us/> > > > > > > > From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:54 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: National broadband > > From what I gathered from this site, they just want to release the capping > the ISP's do on the available bandwidth for the customers, not necessarily > allow Internet for all citizens. ISP's truly have a large amount of bandwidth > available to consumers, yet to control pricing and overhead they cap speeds > and gradually release them on an accounting-time-period-basis. > > I have AT&T at my home, and the highest Mbps down available is 24Mbps, > but compared to a year ago, its twice as fast. So it just happened to be > available now instead of last year? > > If I were to pay $65/month for 100Mbps/50Mbps, I would gladly do it. So > long as it's available. Knowing it's available yet being restricted is what is > irritating. > > > Jay Dale > I.T. Manager, 3GiG > Mobile: 713.299.2541 > Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com<mailto:kandy.luk...@3-gig.com> > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain > confidential and/or privileged information for the sole use of the intended > recipient. 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