Da-Chief
07-18-2008, 15:41
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AT&T can't seem to catch a break when it comes to the bulky VRAD cabinets they need to install on city streets for their U-Verse VDSL and IPTV service. A number of communities have complained that the large VRAD cabinets reduce their property value (Comcast even used the complaints in an anti-U-Verse ad campaign (http://www.corpsman.com/shownews/94032)). Most of the complaints have generally focused on the ugliness of the boxes, but New Haven locals are now complaining about graffiti on those boxes (http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2008/07/city_keep_watch.php), and are trying to ensure AT&T cleans it up.Smuts "strongly encouraged" New Haveners to report any taggings through SeeClickFix.com (http://seeclickfix.com/), an independent watchdog website mapping quality of life complaints across the city and tracking how quickly they re addressed. The tagging at the top of this story was reported here on SeeClickFix on Sunday evening and fixed Thursday by noon. Graffiti seen on the V-rad boxes can be reported at the website, with the tag word "v-rad."
AT&T is doing a good job of cleaning up the boxes when they're notified of graffiti, something they say is company policy for all equipment. But these cabinets have proven to be a bit of a pain, given they've had a tendency to explode (http://www.corpsman.com/shownews/91000), annoy city residents when not busy exploding, and they create one more thing AT&T techs have to clean. Of course AT&T could have avoided these cabinets altogether if they had embraced pure fiber to the home, which they'll someday wind up doing anyway.
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AT&T can't seem to catch a break when it comes to the bulky VRAD cabinets they need to install on city streets for their U-Verse VDSL and IPTV service. A number of communities have complained that the large VRAD cabinets reduce their property value (Comcast even used the complaints in an anti-U-Verse ad campaign (http://www.corpsman.com/shownews/94032)). Most of the complaints have generally focused on the ugliness of the boxes, but New Haven locals are now complaining about graffiti on those boxes (http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2008/07/city_keep_watch.php), and are trying to ensure AT&T cleans it up.Smuts "strongly encouraged" New Haveners to report any taggings through SeeClickFix.com (http://seeclickfix.com/), an independent watchdog website mapping quality of life complaints across the city and tracking how quickly they re addressed. The tagging at the top of this story was reported here on SeeClickFix on Sunday evening and fixed Thursday by noon. Graffiti seen on the V-rad boxes can be reported at the website, with the tag word "v-rad."
AT&T is doing a good job of cleaning up the boxes when they're notified of graffiti, something they say is company policy for all equipment. But these cabinets have proven to be a bit of a pain, given they've had a tendency to explode (http://www.corpsman.com/shownews/91000), annoy city residents when not busy exploding, and they create one more thing AT&T techs have to clean. Of course AT&T could have avoided these cabinets altogether if they had embraced pure fiber to the home, which they'll someday wind up doing anyway.
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