As a landline phone company employee, I only have one because I get free phone and discounted DSL. The only time I use it is when my mom or grandma calls.
Yes the company has seen the writing on the wall and is putting up wireless internet towers and installing underground fiber in new subdivisions. It is also (in some areas) allowing customers to have DSL without also having phone service, due to said writing.
The problem with DSL is that it maxes out at around 20mb bandwidth, which is nowhere near enough for HD TV and not even good enough for reliable non-HD TV. Its good for cheap reliable high speed internet but in ten years 20mb will be considered slow to everyone but our grandmas.
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As a landline phone company employee, I only have one because I get free phone and discounted DSL. The only time I use it is when my mom or grandma calls.
Yes the company has seen the writing on the wall and is putting up wireless internet towers and installing underground fiber in new subdivisions. It is also (in some areas) allowing customers to have DSL without also having phone service, due to said writing.
The problem with DSL is that it maxes out at around 20mb bandwidth, which is nowhere near enough for HD TV and not even good enough for reliable non-HD TV. Its good for cheap reliable high speed internet but in ten years 20mb will be considered slow to everyone but our grandmas.