Many in North Carolina Closer to Up to 1 Gigabit Network Speeds Delivered by AT&T

[Raist]

http://about.att.com/story/att_worki...ina_areas.html

News they put up a couple days ago. Looks like they're still moving forward with their u-Verse expansion plans, even if it is moving a bit slower than projected. Still only a few markets in SC where I live... but 6 more markets pending in NC is a good sign.

More competition for the 6M+ speed market is sorely needed... hopefully it will ease some of our congestion woes in the SouthEast corridors if they can get the agreements approved. Anyone living in these areas that is interested, please let your voices be heard:

Carrboro, Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh and Winston-Salem

Details about the proposal and contact info and such should be posted/updated at the North Carolina Next Generation Network (NCNGN) site:
http://www.ncngn.com/

Edit because I can't respond via reply due to the forum restrictions:
Don't think you guys are grasping the potential this has to improve the market in general, not just for that area but also potential for people who are getting routed through there--which just happens to be a large portion of the South East--Raleigh and Charlotte are major hubs down here. Expanding the availability of more fiber lines for some of these areas can have a dramatic impact once those lines take root and start to thin out congestion along the current segments--not to mention how it will put a fire under the butts of their competitors to step up their game to keep their customers.

This will bring in another company who can compete directly against other wired providers like TWC, Cox, and Comcast that in many markets are the only ones providing not only just wired internet speeds over 6Mb, but also broadcast TV, and home phone. It has so much potential to improve both rates and quality of service not only for the AT&T customers, but also the customers of their competitors--simply on the merit of them suddenly being given an alternative to their current half-baked service providers.

That is why so many of us are getting so neglected by our providers---there is no real competition. I would have to sacrifice 2/3 my bandwidth, or fight with an absurd data cap, or be willing to pay out the nose and suffer ridiculous latency to go with any other options in my area. This is a fairly common problem. So, regardless of who it is, I say bringing in competition that is willing to spring for more fiber into an area and (hopefully) beefing up the backbones in use--I'm all for it because of how it can potentially shake up the slackers and get them to actually do their @#$@#$ job for a change.

[Ninix]

this is not really videogames

[ForteXX]

Ya, this sounds like an advertisement post more than a 'heres how to get better speeds for this game'

[Caselia]

I approve.

[Quesse]

Ya, this sounds like an advertisement post more than a 'heres how to get better speeds for this game'

Maybe he's just saying to move to NC if you have too much lag XD

[saber_alter]

Maybe he's just saying to move to NC if you have too much lag XD

and switch to AT&T, apparently.

[Noshpan]

and switch to AT&T, apparently.

After the last exchange I had with AT&T some 10 years ago, which resulted in them threatening to shut off their awful service and me threatening to switch to their competitor in the area (Comcast), I will not be going to AT&T.

[RyuDragnier]

This really does sound like an advertisement, so it's not really something I condone (despite living in SC myself).