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The DSL market was doomed to failure not because it was classified as a telecommunication service, but because it is technically inferior to cable. DSL's limite
by magila 9y ago
The DSL market was doomed to failure not because it was classified as a telecommunication service, but because it is technically inferior to cable. DSL's limited range and bandwidth causes it to have spotty coverage and generally slower speeds than cable. Slower speed by itself might not have been fatal, but it also caused even more spotty availability of TV service over DSL. The inability to offer "triple play" service made DSL unattractive compared to cable even for people who didn't care too much about the speed of their internet service.
- rhino369 9y agoIn most of the world, DSL is more successful than cable. Title II also prevented telecoms from replacing DSL with fiber lines that could do all of that. After Title II ended, AT&T and Verizon suddenly poured money into Fiber. It's important to note that even the Obama era FCC didn't want Title II actually applied. They just used it to get net neutrality. They suspended almost all other Title II rules.
- magila 9y agoWhat? Verizon rolled out the bulk of its fiber service between 2005 and 2010 at which point it halted new roll outs. AT&T has been pretty miserly with it's fiber roll out until just the last year or so when they accelerated deployment as a condition of their merger with DirectTV.
- rhino369 9y agoTitle II was removed from Verizon's service in early 2005. Before then they had to do local loop unbundling and reselling. In 2015 it was added back, but with almost all Title II rules suspended. Like price controls, unbundling, reselling, etc.