[1st-mile-nm] Verizon & Comcast/Xfinity

[Gillian Densmore]

Ooooh santa fe how you make very little sense sometimes-
Hmm ok- any insite to what prompted the city to make those rules?

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 10:13 AM, John Brown <john at citylinkfiber.com> wrote:

> Here in Albuquerque a "Smart Company" is already deploying 100Mb/s
> symmetrical and 1000Mb/s symmetrical connections to homes and businesses
>
> Even doing 20Mb/s connections via wireless
>
> That smart company tried to do it in Santa Fe, but the City Government
> created new rules that financially make it near impossible to provide those
> symmetrical services.  Its now costing that City tens of thousands of
> dollars in tax payer money to fight a federal lawsuit brought on by Qwest.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Brown,
> Head Geek at the "Smart Company "
> CityLink Fiber Holdings, Inc.
>
> From: Gillian Densmore <gil.densmore at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 09:28:59 -0600
> To: Gary Gomes <ggomes at soundviewnet.com>
> Cc: "1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org" <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>
> Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Verizon & Comcast/Xfinity
>
> Hmm com-cast/cox is already in the wired phone business- It seems like it
> has a monoply in many markets at cable speeds.
>
> What I don't get is why some smart company hasn't come along to provide at
> least 20mbs each way.
> When you look at the com-cast speeds they put heavy emphasis on download
> speeds of 20mbs down (give or take) but a snails pace up. Do people not
> want to have good upload speeds as well? Some of us want to have the option
> to have at least  that 20mbs each direction.
>
> What i'm also unclear on is this: it'd seem  easier to get people good
> internet acess if the darn copper wasn't a factor some sort of wireless
> stunt that'd get at least cable speeds in large areas without having to put
> down miles and miles of copper.
>
> Cell towers maybe?
>
> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Gary Gomes <ggomes at soundviewnet.com>wrote:
>
>> Owen,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Unfortunately it is true.  In one of the most egregious regulatory
>> sell-outs of the Obama administration, in August of last year the Justice
>> Department and the FCC approved a $3.6 Billion deal between Verizon and
>> Comcast, Time Warner and Bright house cable companies that you and I will
>> be paying for a very long time.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> The headline “deal” was for the three cable companies to sell their
>> cellular radio frequencies (they had planned to enter the cellular business
>> as competitors of Verizon, AT&T , etc.  So for $3.6 Million , Verizon got
>> access to additional 700 MHz frequencies that they may or may not  need but
>> more importantly,  got rid of three potential competitors.  That wasn’t
>> enough for the Cable companies though (if Verizon was to get rid of
>> potential major competitors, so should they(m so they included an
>>  agreement for the companies to “cross-sell” each other’s service.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> To no one’s surprise (except for the FCC and the DOJ, perhaps), as soon
>> as the deal was approved, AT&T announced that they were not going to extend
>> FiOS beyond current markets.  ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> So now Comcast is offering its customers Verizon wireless service at a
>> “savings” of $5.00 per month off Verizon’s published rates for 24 months if
>> bundled with Comcast cable service.  Comcast has not announced when they
>> are raising the Cable and/or Internet rates to make up for this $5.00
>> “discount”.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Welcome to America****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Gary****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* 1st-mile-nm-bounces+ggomes=soundviewnet.com at mailman.dcn.org[mailto:
>> 1st-mile-nm-bounces+ggomes=soundviewnet.com at mailman.dcn.org] *On Behalf
>> Of *Owen Densmore
>> *Sent:* Friday, March 15, 2013 9:01 PM
>> *To:* 1st-Mile-NM
>> *Subject:* [1st-mile-nm] Verizon & Comcast/Xfinity****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> I recently called comcast/xfinity (what's the diff?) to try their
>> broadband.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> I got an unusually tech-sophisticated customer support person.  After
>> working out the installation details, I mentioned interest in Verizon FiOS.
>>  He said there was no FiOS in NM but Vzn and Comcast have a bundling
>> agreement so that if you have both comcast and vzn services, you can get
>> discounts.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Is this true?  I haven't seen much mention of this other than vague
>> marketing announcements over the past year.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Details?  Thanks,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>>    -- Owen****
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