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Re:AT&T Won't Upgrade Millions Of DSL Users To Fiber Despite... by sunshinekitty on Friday December 13, 2024 @10:37AM (#42409443)
Except the satellites are already up and functioning, the service is available today. We will look crazy for burying thousands of miles of wires to residential in the future.
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Re:AT&T Won't Upgrade Millions Of DSL Users To Fiber Despite... by Krutonium on Friday December 13, 2024 @10:40AM (#42409469)
Except we won't, because the satellites are wildly over congested and wires are, frankly, far more reliable.
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Re:AT&T Won't Upgrade Millions Of DSL Users To Fiber Despite... by mort96 on Friday December 13, 2024 @01:52PM (#42411205)
You can't add 10 million more subscribers and maintain broadband speeds without massively increasing the number of satellites.
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