>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Barnes <barnmich...@gmail.com> writes:
Michael> [...] You indicated you are in 97230, which is Parkrose. Makes Michael> no difference what ISPs are in Gresham. It looks like your Michael> choices are CenturyLink DSL, XFinity cable, and possibly Michael> Frontier fiber (if they have it to your house). It would be very rare that an ILEC leaves its home territory, so if you are Frontier land, you may be able to get Frontier DSL and/or may be able to get Frontier FiOS. Or if you were in CenturyLink land, you may be able to get CenturyLink DSL and/or CenturyLink fiber. But I have yet to see a location that have access to CenturyLink options and Frontier options at the same time. Note also, that on old-style DSL (speeds up to 7Mbps) you can often choose a third party ISP, such as SpiritOne or Hevanet or the like. Any DSL that is faster than that can, with high-probability, but held exclusive to the party that installed the infrastructure. This is by misbegotten design of the FCC and the Telecommunications Act of 1996. There is no reason, other than policy, that one fiber operator can't provide infrastructure for all services and all service providers. The vertical integration of telecommunications is an ongoing mistake that continuously harms the consumer for no reason other than the enrichment of the monopolist rent-seekers. The policy makers have provided one escape route from this trap. That's the route I think we should all be taking. -- Russell Senior, President russ...@personaltelco.net _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
