----- Original Message ----- From: "Randall Shimizu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "San Diego Windows 2003 User Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [sdw2003] Verizon FIOS - When for San Diego? Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 21:03:55 -0800
> > A Verizon employee was telling me that they were shutting down > there DSL customer centers. Now that the supreme court and the FCC > has ruled in favor of the telco's and cable companies I think fixed > point Wimax is going to take off. I am very interested to see just > how quickly Verizon roles out Fios. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'San Diego Windows 2003 User Group'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [sdw2003] Verizon FIOS - When for San Diego? > Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 21:55:39 -0700 > > > > > FIOS is in Murrieta already, so I've heard, and rolling to Temecula, Chino > > Hills, etc soon. > > My understanding is FIOS is Verizon's way of competing against cable in > > areas where it is the ILEC (i.e. not San Diego, which is SBC). SBC has its > > own project for high speed (said with disgust by anyone who remembers all > > the promises and fiber laid back around '96 in Clairemont/PB, etc., which > > was later pulled out). > > > > Personally I drool at the thought of fiber (or equivalent) to the home. But > > being in an SBC area that finally became eligible for DSL in the last year > > (25 yr old neighborhood in nice/older part of town), I don't think I'll give > > up my Cox cable modem anytime soon (had for almost 8 years now). > > > > I used to hope/expect sooner rollout of the cool technology. Now, my > > suspicion is that WiMAX will beat SBC to the punch of a higher-speed > > Internet access offering than cable, probably in the timeframe of late '07 > > or '08 depending on where you are. County-wide -> '09 or later :( > > > > Some I may have to move a server to a friends' house in Temecula or Chino > > Hills (I have friends in both), and host from there! > > > > ld > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of John Oliver > > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 12:52 PM > > To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [sdw2003] Verizon FIOS - When for San Diego? > > > > http://www22.verizon.com/FiOSforhome/channels/FiOS/root/package.aspx > > > > The more people in San Diego who express interest, the sooner! Fill out > > their form! :-) > > > > -- > > *********************************************************************** > > * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * > > * * > > *********************************************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > > sdw2003 mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.mattware.com/mailman/listinfo/sdw2003 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > sdw2003 mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.mattware.com/mailman/listinfo/sdw2003 > > > -- > ___________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com > http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm > > _______________________________________________ > sdw2003 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.mattware.com/mailman/listinfo/sdw2003 -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
