mhammett Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 Verizon landline will not compete with AT&T. AT&T has fiber all over. Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhammett Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 Never trust anyone in a retail store about anything. Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chamb Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Never trust anyone in a retail store about anything. Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2 This is generally good advice, however, you will find a few store reps that are very good. You just have to be smart enough to know which ones are knowledgeable & trustworthy and which ones are full of crapola. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAREND Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 This is generally good advice, however, you will find a few store reps that are very good. You just have to be smart enough to know which ones are knowledgeable & trustworthy and which ones are full of crapola. At that point, you yourself are more knowledgeable then the staff and their information is null. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobilesolutions Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 He always goes off-topic. I'm down to see these larger network speeds delivered to cities for their use to all of it's residents. This level of speed could easily be utilized by a large city, or maybe by a small consortium of people at greater distance to the hub. You can fix that by blackmailing the local government officials with pictures of them holding a cat by it's tail. That'll learns them. But no really, your best bet to change the oligopoly is to inform the locals that your elected officials are not looking to save them money and allow competition. My HOA is doing the same thing right now. Hmmmm, exactly my plan Not so much "speed", but to bring large data center bandwidth into the cities. It equates back to speed however, as this is BROADband we are talking about. According to the person at the AT&T store across the street from my house, Comcast owns all the fiber in this area and has an aggressive ad campaign that has buried any reason for AT&T to invest in putting fiber down to support u-verse and their high speed Internet. As far as Verizon, they made a deal to offer Verizon wireless as a part of comcast's bundled services for a quadruple play home phone, cable, Internet and wireless deal to increase market dominance for Verizon wireless and Comcast both but as part of that, they can't compete with their own FiOS services. It seems besides cell service, there is little competition in the telco business overall. basically bull$hit.. At that point, you yourself are more knowledgeable then the staff and their information is null. If you have found your way to the S4gru forum, you know more than anyone inside the retail store. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhammett Posted October 5, 2013 Author Share Posted October 5, 2013 Neo Telecoms got a high profile metro customer in its Parisian home turf. The French metro fiber and hosting company is supplying Sprint with a DWDM solution. Sprint is using the bandwidth to bring its IP backbone into a key data center. It’s nice to see Sprint expanding a bit on the wireline side in the wake of the Softbank deal. http://www.telecomramblings.com/2013/09/metro-roundup-us-signal-neo-unsi-integra-tw-telecom/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickel Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Neo Telecoms got a high profile metro customer in its Parisian home turf. The French metro fiber and hosting company is supplying Sprint with a DWDM solution. Sprint is using the bandwidth to bring its IP backbone into a key data center. It’s nice to see Sprint expanding a bit on the wireline side in the wake of the Softbank deal. What exactly is Sprint doing here? I get that they're connecting with a data center in France but what does this mean? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhammett Posted October 6, 2013 Author Share Posted October 6, 2013 What exactly is Sprint doing here? I get that they're connecting with a data center in France but what does this mean? Better connectivity for anyone on the Sprint network to\from the Paris area. This applies to enterprise customers as well as wireless customers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickel Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Better connectivity for anyone on the Sprint network to\from the Paris area. This applies to enterprise customers as well as wireless customers. Paris must have a lot Data centers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhammett Posted October 6, 2013 Author Share Posted October 6, 2013 Paris must have a lot Data centers. It does have a lot, but not significantly different than most major towns. www.datacentermap.com www.peeringdb.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickel Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 It does have a lot, but not significantly different than most major towns. www.datacentermap.com www.peeringdb.com Then do you think is just the first step for a Europe wide expansion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhammett Posted October 6, 2013 Author Share Posted October 6, 2013 They already have a global network. Its just been through over ten years of neglect, so they need to catch up. Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnake49 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 They already have a global network. Its just been through over ten years of neglect, so they need to catch up. Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2 I awlays thought that they need to either invest in it and let it compete or spin it off. Inparticular I thought they should have acquired some metro fiber companies like twtelecom, etc. I wanted to see them provide an end to end solution for cloud proviers, CDNs, etc. Their flirtation with the cable cos did not go very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deval Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 I awlays thought that they need to either invest in it and let it compete or spin it off. Inparticular I thought they should have acquired some metro fiber companies like twtelecom, etc. I wanted to see them provide an end to end solution for cloud proviers, CDNs, etc. Their flirtation with the cable cos did not go very well. They are working on that now. Cloud and such is part of the product portfolio now. Offerings such as Sprint Complete Collaboration, Sprint IaSS, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnake49 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 (edited) They are working on that now. Cloud and such is part of the product portfolio now. Offerings such as Sprint Complete Collaboration, Sprint IaSS, etc. That's good to hear! I have not been engaged on the spec/RFP business lately (last couple of years) but a few years ago they just seemed discombobulated and disinterested. I hope they get involved in the whole OTT video revolution. Edited October 7, 2013 by bigsnake49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deval Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 That's good to hear! I have not been engaged on the spec/RFP business lately (last couple of years) but a few years ago they just seemed discombobulated and disinterested. I hope they get involved in the whole OTT video revolution. http://shop.sprint.com/mysprint/shop/solution/landing_page.jsp?pageId=ecomm_biz_landing_convergence_landing&INTNAV=ATG:HE:Converged Thing's have changed now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhammett Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 Any US purchase will be small or expensive. Europe is a better target for fiber acquisition. Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhammett Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 Is there more money to be made on selling enterprise access or reducing backhaul costs? That'll dictate US direction. Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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