AT&T picks Jacksonville as second Florida city to get its planned GigaPower netw

[coredumped]

Jacksonville will join Miami as the first two Florida cities in line for AT&T's new GigaPower fiber network, company officials said Tuesday in an announcement with Mayor Alvin Brown.

The company did not say how widespread the Jacksonville coverage area would be, when it would be available or what it would cost. The service would be geared toward residential customers and small businesses.

Full article:
http://members.jacksonville.com/news/metro/2014-08-19/story/att-picks-jacksonville-second-florida-city-get-its-planned-gigapower


Press release:
http://youtu.be/QIp9_9banHE

[spuwho]

It was noted in the WSJ today as part of the Cupertino announcement.

Sorry, I would like this to happen in Jacksonville more than anyone, but ATT has an absolutely horrendous record of actually following through on these press releases.

And when they do, it's only offered in a limited service area and if it doesn't reach their "hit" rate they quietly stop the whole thing and not a peep is heard from anyone.

If it is competitive I would love to try it.

[carpnter]

Unless it is fiber to the house I am not interested. When it stops at the curb you have a bottleneck.

[mtraininjax]

Who cares, Mayor Brown got something new he can "take credit for", and some nice publicity to boot.

[Steve]

Not exactly true about copper wires. They are more than capable of delivering 1 Gig speed. For example, Cat 5 cable is used in 10/100/1000 connections all the time....as long as it's less than 300 feet. For most houses, you can reach from the street to a main Gateway in the house in less than 300 feet.

[spuwho]

Not exactly true about copper wires. They are more than capable of delivering 1 Gig speed. For example, Cat 5 cable is used in 10/100/1000 connections all the time....as long as it's less than 300 feet. For most houses, you can reach from the street to a main Gateway in the house in less than 300 feet.

Yes, it is true that CAT5/CAT6 cable can easily carry higher speeds, but that is due to the fact they have very high twist rates and are shielded.

Telephone lines copper is a pair of lines with very little or no twist coming to the home and is unshielded which makes it susceptible to interference.  And most homes only have a single pair.  Bell South brought in 4 pair when my house was built.

Also many neighborhoods in and around Jax have fiber running in front or behind their homes, but they use interface cards in that little green stand in your yard that converts the analog signal in your home wiring and converts it onto the fiber.

The reason ATT refuses to bring FTTH (fiber to the home) is a long and drawn out story and I won't repeat it here.

[spuwho]

In a sight I couldnt hardly believe this morning was AT&T contractors installing GigaPower to our neighborhood.





As you can see, they arent using the existing fiber, but laying all new.  Now if that becomes FTTH for the last 30 feet, I will call to find out.  If they mux UVerse into my house using the existing phone line, they can pound sand as it will be a supreme waste of resources.

[I-10east]

Take that Tampa and Orlando!!!

[Elwood]

AT&T contractors finished cable installation in my neighborhood about two weeks ago. Still waiting to hear when the service will actually be made available.

[spuwho]

Rumors of Google Fiber coming to town must have lit them up to get moving.

My friend off Yellow Bluff said he got the door handle flyer that the build out in his neighborhood is scheduled soon.