Can't ell if it's true because I don't see a one.
Posted on 05/26/2016 4:27:33 PM PDT by Java4Jay
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My internet connection is super fast. A lot of my posts appear before I’ve even read the article.
I have Charter Cable TV but its paid for.
I subscribe to CenturyLink for Internet access.
I hope maybe kinda cross fingers you will be able to get voice, data AND tv on the copper phone line. It will be a revolution. For people that live in the sticks a God send. The speed increase is added bump.
Why I can remember the days 56k was too fast. Dam speeders these days.
Who pays for that?
My copper phone line runs to my DSL box. I don’t use a splitter since I don’t have phone service.
A bump to 7 Mps in’t worth the financial hit I’d take.
I haven’t had a landline since 1998. Do I need to go retro to move forward? Is this the inverse Coolio principle?
I’m surprised they would focus on plain unshielded wire. Anything twisted (or not) pair could carry coax can carry with greater bandwidth.
There will be a hub on each block or few blocks and it will be a several hundred times faster than fiber and you will need a home wireless router-like box that talks with it, because your old router will seem like dial-up.
My landlord. For now, my cable digital set top box is free through the end of the year.
That makes sense.
BTW: my town is so small and rural that the local CO is a landmark LOL!
Of course, it depends on much a faster speed costs.
If its really worth it, people might sign up.
Right now, I don’t see any pricing or set up details.
Land lines are in such a state of degradation that they can’t even handle old fashioned rotary Telephones.
Can't ell if it's true because I don't see a one.
This is a very big deal. I can easily see AT&T feeding their DirecTV signals with this scheme instead of via satellite. That will let them take business from the cable guys since they will be able to provide high speed Internet plus high speed DirecTV.
Telecoms aren’t likely to invest in G.Fast after having spent billions on upgrading to high speed cable lines.
Its just not worth it financially for them.
Around five years ago, Centel told me they would have high speed internet here within six months.They still don’t have it.
I have seen several local TV programs where they did stories about high speed internet coming to the rural areas around here. It never happened.
I finally signed up for Hughes satellite which is more expensive than I can afford but just decided to bite the bullet and make cuts somewhere else and get it.
Centel got to around half a mile of here but that is where they stopped, apparently permanently.
They left out an important point (unless I missed it) - G.Fast only delivers those speeds over a short distance - 300m or so. Thus it is deployed close to homes and needs broadband transport, e,g, fiber or satellite, to get to the CO.
My Amazon pages load in a second or three on 3 Mbit DSL. Setting else going on.
Verizon is selling its copper to Frontier.
Keeping the fiber (maybe) and web stuff and entertainment.
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