I just found a notice on my door saying that Verizon "will begin the
placement of new buried telecommunications lines in your community within
the next five days". Does this mean I'm getting the fiber too? I'm in
Valrico.
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From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Steve
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 2:07 AM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] OT: 2-30Mb fiber from Verizon
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On Wednesday 21 July 2004 06:08 pm, Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 05:05:46PM -0400, Chad Perrin wrote:
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> <snip>
>
> > Alas, I live in NPR (the town, not the radio station).
>
> Me too, and I gotta say that while I suppose 2 billion gigabytes per
> second download speed might be nice, I really don't have a problem with
> my "slow" DSL. If I were playing Unreal Tournament over the internet, I
> guess it would be different.
>
> Do you suppose they'll keep the copper, or route regular phone traffic
> over their fiber? That would require a fiber-to-copper junction at the
> box on the side of the house, plus some other electronics.
>
> Paul
They supply not only a new "modem" but a UPS* to go with it.
*Uninterruptable Power Supply, a battery backup for 110V power.
- --
Steve
"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin
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