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On 2024-09-20, Joerg Walther wrote:
> mm0fmf wrote:
>
>> There are plenty of midspeed packages so switching from cable/VDSL to
>> fibre lets the ISPs sell you slow fibre for the same as VDSL etc.
>
> It won't take long until most ISPs will want to get rid of the double
> infrastructure VDSL/Fibre, it may happen soon that you will have to
> switch to Fibre or end up with no phone/internet connectivity at all.
Locally, Telus pushed hard to replace copper with fibre, first with
incentives, then replacement of remamining copper when we holdouts
were few enough to make it worth their while. Now I can enjoy the
loss of dial tone (and 911 service) when the power goes out, just
like everybody else.
--
/~\ Charlie Gibbs | We'll go down in history as the
\ / | first society that wouldn't save
X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | itself because it wasn't cost-
/ \ if you read it the right way. | effective. -- Kurt Vonnegut
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