http://broadbandbullsheet.com The bull stops here Fri, 21 May 2010 06:02:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://broadbandbullsheet.com/?p=9 http://broadbandbullsheet.com/?p=9#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 00:04:45 +0000 alexander graham bull http://broadbandbullsheet.com/?p=9 What they say What it means “We feel comfortable…based on how we deploy, that we can match the needs of the customer,” It’ boggles the mind. In  most AT&T states customers paid for fiber optic services — But the new AT&T has been able to pull a bait and switch relying on old, copper wiring that can’t handle speeds that were promised in 1992 Source: broadbandreports ]]> http://broadbandbullsheet.com/?feed=rss2&p=9 0 http://broadbandbullsheet.com/?p=7 http://broadbandbullsheet.com/?p=7#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 23:11:03 +0000 alexander graham bull http://broadbandbullsheet.com/?p=7 What they say What  it means In a statement announcing the bill, Stearns called the FCC’s network neutrality plan a partisan maneuver to regulate the Internet…. Congressman Stearns should recuse himself from voting on, or creating any legislation for his major contributors at AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast. Source: ars technica ]]> http://broadbandbullsheet.com/?feed=rss2&p=7 0 http://broadbandbullsheet.com/?p=5 http://broadbandbullsheet.com/?p=5#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 08:12:16 +0000 alexander graham bull http://broadbandbullsheet.com/?p=5 What  they say What it means “Verizon never committed to bringing FiOS to its entire local-phone service area. It has introduced FiOS in 16 states, but the deployment is concentrated on the East Coast, and Verizon is selling off most of its service areas in the Midwest and on the West Coast. Its stated goal was to make FiOS available to 18 million households by the end of 2010, and it’s on track to reach or exceed that.” Where’s the surprise? AT&T announced U-Verse, not because it cared about broadband but because it wanted to buy AT&T, then BelllSouth… Verizon wanted to buy MCI, Alltel and dump Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont — (and Hawaii and other GTE holdings.)This was never about upgrading infrastructure but rolling out a ‘cable’ product… and now that they got what they wanted, of course they’ll slow down/stop… Who’s going to make them do anything? The FCC? Congress? (stop laughing.) Source: dslreports.com ]]> http://broadbandbullsheet.com/?feed=rss2&p=5 0