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[Mitch Pirtle]

Was getting a ride from a guy who owned a communications services
company, and we discussed megabit services in Brooklyn. He mentioned
that Brooklyn was notorious for having totally substandard wiring
running down poles between all the houses and buildings, and that it
was a logistics nightmare for Verizon to manage making upgrades nearly
impossible - and the result is that pretty much nobody in the city can
get more than typical 1.5MBps DSL. Better chances for faster service
in Cambodia.

Add that I constantly lose my DSL link and Verizon has failed to
figure this out for A YEAR AND A HALF, the time is right.

I'm ordering a cable modem today. This pain must stop.

-- Mitch, trying not to get too worked up at the office

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Ajai Khattri <ajai at bitblit.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 18 May 2009, Joseph Crawford wrote:
>
>> I have had FIOS for the last year 20/20 for the first few months and
>> then I dropped down to 20/5 because 20/20 was more than I needed.
>> I have loved it and dreaded ever relocating to an area where FIOS is
>> not available.  I have had almost 0 downtime.
>
> Probably because not many people can get it. Not widely available in
> Manhattan yet...
>
> BTW, several years ago the rules changed so that local telco's dont have
> to share fiber like they do for copper (very monopoly-friendly). But it
> seems Verizon has made a deal with DSL Extreme for wholesale fiber, so
> they are the first company to offer second-tier fiber.
>
> https://www.dslextreme.com/Services/Internet/Fiber/Default.aspx
>
> Don't know if they have any facilities in NYC though.
>
>
>
> --
> Aj.
>
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