bad news for cable modems in Lansing

[Paul Melson]

On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 11:32:55AM -0400, Sean wrote:
> I think hte best bet is getting on the cablecompany, they might be able to 
> tie into a newer switch thats in the bordering area(s) without having to
> string cable to far or violate existing agreements. 


	My understanding from the MediaOne people was that
	the infrastructure is there to deploy cable modems.
	The reason MediaOne didn't is because in 1998 they
	cut a deal w/ TCI to trade the Lansing territory
	to TCI for some of TCI's territory in the Detroit
	suburbs.  That plan was nixed by AT&T buying out
	both TCI & MediaOne here in town.  It is my under-
	standing that AT&T is simply waiting to determine 
	who will be the actual ISP for this part of Lansing, 
	and working out the staffing and support logistics
	to roll out the service.  They've probably hired
	some marketing consultants to come out and do some
	demographic research and see what kind of money
	they can reasonably expect to make rolling out
	Internet service in this part of town.

	Of course, this may all be put on hold by Ameritech's
	latest PAC stunt with stopatt.com.  I would have 
	a more open mind if Ameritech were making low-cost
	high-speed connections available in all of Lansing,
	but they're not, and they've been real slow to do
	so.  It seems like a thinly veiled attempt to 
	keep AT&T from getting business in an area that
	Ameritech (due to laziness, incompetence, whatever)
	isn't prepared to compete in yet.  I say too bad.
	I want 10MBps and I want it now (even if it is dhcp).
 

PaulM

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