[Jim from C-Town]

I have fiber optic AT&T U-verse it has 100 MPBS+ upload and download. I was the first private residence in the entire county to get the new service. It is lightning fast. Like download a 2 hour movie in a couple seconds fast. It cost $10 less per month than the highest DSL available.

Just happened that the manhole access for the AT&T service for my area of the city is directly in my driveway apron. AT&T blocked my driveway on and off for a week laying the lines. I had a service call in for upgrade before they finished installation. Our area of the city was the first area in the county to get new fiber optic service. Shaker Heights was the second one. Dense population of high earners.

The DSL was fast, but the exchange is pretty much in my backyard. This is ridiculously faster than I could ever need.

[jeffc]

The sad thing is they have dark fiber running in front of everyone's homes. They just refuse to modernize their infrastructure as there is no other ISP here.

Century Link is a mile away. I'd bet a dollar to a donut if CL comes here AT&T will suddenly find a lot of high speed BW for us....