Dude, that article is from 2003. AT&T, Verizon, and CenturyLink were the largest the last time I checked.
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Dude, that article is from 2003. AT&T, Verizon, and CenturyLink were the largest the last time I checked.
Still are...Amazon is not going to waste money on building a fiber network when they can lease one dirt cheap....its a money issue
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No, I didn't forget about MCI. They came later and then only as a long distance operator. I was recruited by MCI when I was a PBX Repairman with Pacific Telephone back in 1971. I said no thank you...
No, Amazon doesn't seem to be, although Google bought a ton of long-distance dark fiber at one point.
Not entirely accurate. After the AT&T breakup, NJ Bell (one of the baby bells) operated for a while then began buying up nearby telephone systems, most proximately NYNEX and think New England Bell. After that they changed their name to Bell Atlantic. They continued acquisitions and after they acquired GTE, they changed their name again, this time to Verizon. This is only an encapsulated history, but Verizon was never known as GTE.
Well, let's see, maybe that is correct in your region. More recently, like 2000, GTE was doing business in Novato, CA. They changed their name directly from GTE to Verizon, perhaps a buyout. As an aside, I have a neighbor who worked for GTE in Novato as an outside plant engineer. I worked for Pacific Bell in the same position in Santa Rosa, CA. We both came up in the business in Los Angeles. He worked the beach cities while I worked East LA.
GTE - Wikipedia
I disagree...picture quality streaming is much better than either of those 2 services..with no rain delay
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Sure there is. Not everyone is addicted to TV. I have a lot of coworkers that buy a season pass to the 3 or so shows they like. Then they have Netflix. Then some have an OTA antenna for locals. It is possible.
I'll stick with Dish as long as they have the flex pack. People seem to forget their basically the only provider who will let you drop locals. Plus add and drop sports on a whim.
As for Internet access going up. Sure. I've been hearing that for 3 years now. I'm lucky to live in a city with competition. They have all dropped their prices by about $5 a month here in Columbus. Plus they stopped the fee for the modem.
Competition does work sometimes.
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Sure, those are positives. My biggest quality concerns revolve around the cloud DVR/OnDemand functionality. Just today, someone was complaining about how the cloud DVR on YTTV was saving the censored version of a show on SyFy instead of the one they wanted. Also, all the major streaming services have had issues where they struggle when demand gets to high during popular broadcasts. As for consistency, my satellite TV service continues to work, even when my Internet connection goes out. Sure, rain fade is a thing, but we're talking about maybe a few times per year for short periods of time. When my city gets hit by a snow or ice storm and Internet is down for days, not having another way to receive TV, especially local channels, is a huge problem.
Wasn't Verizon born from the New York Telephone Company? I thought their skyscraper in Manhattan is the former NY Telephone Co Tower?
Verizon Building - Wikipedia
I remember ordering my dish service from a company that sold cell service. It was a big deal when they announced the new name of the company everyone was sitting around waiting for the new name. The sales lady yelled out Verizon .
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And James Earl Jones' voice for their commercials and "Welcome To Verizon Wireless" recording was classic.
Streaming is usually on demand...unless its a sports event...no need for a dvr when u can click a movie or show and just watch it
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And if you don’t miss trick plays, fine.
Skipping a streaming program, if even allowed, is awkward at best.
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3.0 is supposed to change this as the TV stations will be offering internet in different areas. There needs more competition in the internet field. Here, we only have Spectrum, other than Verizon/AT&T hot spots or satellite. No DSL out here. The more offerings we have the better.
I haven't heard anything about ATSC 3.0 offering broadband service. It's supposed to work on IP-connected devices, but I don't think the TV stations are getting into the ISP business
That's one of the POSSIBLE applications for ATSC 3.0. Doesn't mean it will hit the masses.
I also don't understand how it would work. For internet to work, you need bidirectional communication... homeowners aren't going to broadcast back to the TV transmitters.
Two biggest issues that will seal the fate. Growing retransmission fees for locals who would otherwise not get nearly as much coverage, and this whole idea of it being ok for a provider to buy an existing network. Comcast shouldn't own NBC and AT&T shouldn't own HBO.
