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hunter

(39,630 posts)
17. So, AT&T is essentially abandoning our neighborhood to Comcast...
Thu Dec 12, 2024, 10:22 AM
Dec 2024

... so far as wire/cable/fiber infrastructure goes.

The monopolies are mapping out their turfs. I doubt we'll ever get fiber here, that would require too much digging and they wouldn't get enough customers to justify it. We'll get 5G instead.

I receive postcards in the mail from the major wireless carriers promoting 5G, but so far responding to them only gets a "not in your area yet" and supposedly puts me on a waiting list.

One of my siblings lives in a rural area that had minimal phone service twenty years ago, they were just one step up from the old hand crank telephones, 1950's technology, and no wireless. Then a bunch of very wealthy people began to move into the area, with their hobby farms and ranches, and now they've got high speed fiber internet that rivals anything you'd find in wealthy urban neighborhoods.

A large fraction of my neighbors rely entirely upon their cell phones and broadcast television for their communication needs. If they have school age children or are low income senior citizens they may qualify for low cost internet plans.

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"The future ain't what it used to be." Yogi Berra anciano Dec 2024 #1
Robert Zemeckis promised us flying cars SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #2
Well, there is this! retread Dec 2024 #13
But does it travel in time? SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #14
We gave up our landline this past year Maeve Dec 2024 #3
even if they have a cell phone phone, many are just keeping them because they've had the same number 50+ years pstokely Dec 2024 #4
lol. That's one of the reasons we kept ours and still do. Quiet Em Dec 2024 #12
Here's the reason we kept ours so long: they nearly always worked. On more than one occasion... Hekate Dec 2024 #5
Ages ago, I ported our landline number to Ooma. Xolodno Dec 2024 #6
They did that in my area years ago. GoCubsGo Dec 2024 #7
Damn. area51 Dec 2024 #8
When someone calls the landline, anyone in the house can answer, and call the intended person question everything Dec 2024 #9
My local landline phone company is moving to fiberoptic lines Kaleva Dec 2024 #10
I used my landline to locate my cell phone. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #11
LOL. I have done so many times. boston bean Dec 2024 #15
Yeah, that's another reason. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #18
I had a land line up until about 5 years ago DeepWinter Dec 2024 #16
So, AT&T is essentially abandoning our neighborhood to Comcast... hunter Dec 2024 #17
I've had a digital landline phone for over 20 years, and I still use it a lot FakeNoose Dec 2024 #19
Wireless or broadband won't work out here, unless they get busy installing something. mucholderthandirt Dec 2024 #20
I was talking to my teenaged nieces the other day Johnny2X2X Dec 2024 #21
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