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Parth

join:2010-08-16

Poughkeepsie, NY 32 recommendations Parth Member Unbelievable



How does that individual even sleep at night after lying this much? "obviously competitive markets"How does that individual even sleep at night after lying this much? Freakazoid

join:2015-09-18

Diberville, MS 15 recommendations Freakazoid Member Shifty Goalposts Almost as if the internet and what consumers use it for is constantly expanding, and as such, the definition of what's considered broadband speed needs to be updated every once and a while in order to reflect what could meet these needs. So yeah, the goalposts needed to be moved. Zetsuei

join:2015-08-10 10 recommendations Zetsuei Member Coverage Areas "The FCC's data also relies heavily on ISP claims about coverage that is not independently verified"



This is what sticks out to me as it affects the area I live in. Where I live there is no wired internet, but if you look at broadband coverage maps it shows Century link being a provider in this area. Come to find out if they provide service in a general area nearby, they can claim to serve a larger area than they really do. My example doesn't directly involve ATT but it shows how much data is so skewed and incorrect. I would love to have a independent company come and investigate and give us a proper coverage map to just show how much areas these companies do not cover when they claim they do.

C0deZer0

Oc'D To Rhythm And Police

Premium Member

join:2001-10-03

Tempe, AZ 6 recommendations C0deZer0 Premium Member Pot. Kettle. Black. What did AT&T think was going to hapen? Bob61571

join:2008-08-08

Washington, IL 2 edits 6 recommendations Bob61571 Member Finally, AT&T's Huge DSL Areas Get Attention from somebody! AT&T still has plenty of areas that only have slow DSL. Peoria, Illinois has 6 Mbps DSL, or 3 Mbps DSL, depending on where you live. AT&T markets 6 or 3 Mbps DSL in Peoria as U-Verse!! Does AT&T do this elsewhere around the US?



No, there is no FTTN AT&T U-Verse in Peoria. Closest real U-Verse is Champaign IL, I believe. As we know above, the FCC's new broadband definition is 25 Mbps. Peoria, Illinois is one service area that AT&T has chosen to serve with old DSL and NOT fiber(in any definition).



That AT&T Exec Cicconi "obviously competitive markets" is laughable in AT&T's slow DSL markets like Peoria, Illinois. AT&T is getting its clock cleaned there for Internet service by Comcast Xfinity.

TIGERON

join:2008-03-11

Boston, MA Motorola MG7550

5 recommendations TIGERON Member Lying sack of shit I honestly would like to know how Ciccone can sleep at night after bold face lying to the public. How does he do it?



After 7 years, I LEFT AT&T because I could no longer justify an $84.00 monthly bill for last mile 6-meg DSL with a 150 gigabyte data cap, a lousy website which was difficult to navigate and many times their "usage meter" was not accessible. And when I turned off the modem I was billed for usage even when there was no internet activity. On the last two months before I finally had enough, I truly believe AT&T was deliberately slowing down my internet connection to a crawl as to drive me to another provider.



What made even angrier is that AT&T refused to provide U-Verse in my area, and also tried to buy protectionist laws in my city to prevent us from getting better broadband.



If they don't want to provide wireline to many parts of the country then say so and sell their copper assets to another company that does.



But stop lying to the public.

B Blutarsky

@comcast.net 5 recommendations B Blutarsky Anon ATT mad? It's their own fault. Broadband speed would not be a problem for T had they methodically upgraded their plant to fiber over the last few decades. VZ rolled out FIOS how many years ago? T was perfectly happy for Comcast to eat their lunch until Google Fiber and DOCSYS 3.1 appeared. Now they suddenly feel the need to upgrade to fiber?



And why is "government of the people, by the people, and for the people" passing laws protecting big business? dntcndsnd2me

join:2015-09-18

Seneca, WI 3 recommendations dntcndsnd2me Member Att is going backwards 6mb dsl use to be available to me, when they started calling it uverse, it went down to 3mb. Of course the prices for everything on landline would increase 2 or more times in a year. Oh and 768k up is not broadband, it is useless.

ham3843

join:2015-01-15

USA 3 recommendations ham3843 Member The ONLY solution for AT&T, Verizon neglecting those areas is REREGULATION. We need to re-regulated the telco once again, it was the ONLY way for universal telephone service, and for that matter if not for regulation there would be many areas of the US still

WITHOUT electricity!



Bring back a revised version of The Bell System...it is the ONLY way forward if we want universal

FTTH/P for ALL.



It is actually a matter of national security and for the ability of the US economy to survive in the long run.

ieolus

Support The Clecs

join:2001-06-19

Danbury, CT 3 recommendations ieolus Member Obviously competitive markets Obviously competitive markets...



competitive markets...



markets...



/laugh



One out of three isn't bad?

rchandra

Stargate Universe fan

Premium Member

join:2000-11-09

14225-2105 ARRIS ONT1000GJ4

EnGenius EAP1250

3 recommendations rchandra Premium Member shenanigans in local access... ...have been going on since the Kingsbury Committment. It's not particularly surprising to me that it's still going on, even after several rounds of legislative and regulatory "reforms."



quote: the FCC keeps moving the goal posts on their definition of broadband



That's because technology isn't static, it progresses. If you have your way, Jim, you'd compare your deployments to dialup, as if dialup were at all prevalent today.

linicx

Caveat Emptor

Premium Member

join:2002-12-03

United State 2 recommendations linicx Premium Member Ho Hum, yawn Karl, Karl, Karl, now I know you are not stuck in the Ice Age. Don't play coy. You know AT&T, Verizon, COX, and the rest of the Big Boys Club have been dumping and deserting rural, small, mid-size and financially unproductive markets for over 20 years. They still are. Who doesn't remember the hurricane that decimated Fire Island - Verizon walked away from it and gave its customers to Comcast. AT&T doesn't serve anything rural that doesn't have a federal highway and college in its footprint, and even less likely if there isn't a truck stop and more than one fast food take out restaurant.

TIGERON

join:2008-03-11

Boston, MA 2 recommendations TIGERON Member AT&T actively deleting comments hey Karl, just an FYI, I and several users commented on AT&T's blog post and they are actively deleting the comments of anyone not just those they disagree with.

DustySilicon

join:2002-10-06

Oak Grove, MO 2 recommendations DustySilicon Member Broadband? I love how all the billboards and ads around me now just say "High Speed Internet". Instead of changing a label "Broadband" the FCC should just call anything under 25mb dial-up internet.