pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | No Surprise
Long Distance phone service hasn't been a cash cow since most wireless, VoIP and even some landline providers have been including unlimited long distance at no additional cost to subscribers.
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no_one
@qwest.net | It is also backhaul for dsl and data. Larger businesses still use lots of data. Just because Qwest doesn't know how to compete doesn't mean the backhaul isn't needed.
If it had been sold it would have been the end . |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
 ·Comcast
 ·Qwest.net
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| Wouldn't necessarily have been "the end". Though they would have lost all their ISP customers (Charter is a big one) bandwidth in big cities is cheap enough now that they could have still worked thing out just fine. I'm sure they'd be keeping their regional networks.
If they had gotten $2B for the network, sure they would've had to have start paying for some stuff, but even if they had to pay $1M per month for bandwidth due to selling that network, it'd still take a few dozen years for them to be on the raw end of the deal. |
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cyclone_z
join:2006-06-19
Ames, IA
·Qwest.net
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said by pnh102  :Long Distance phone service hasn't been a cash cow since most wireless, VoIP and even some landline providers have been including unlimited long distance at no additional cost to subscribers. VoIP, yes; wireless, not really. Most wireless operators just don't distinguish between local and long distance. If you have unlimited minutes, then yes, you have unlimited long distance, but if you have finite minutes, then you don't have unlimited long distance. Qwest does offer an unlimited calling package for local and long-distance. If they sold their long distance fiber network, I don't see how they could competitively offer such a service. |
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longstreet
join:2004-11-14
Plano, TX | .
Good, hopefully this dinosaur will bite the bullet - just like GM |
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Mose
@visi.com | They should hold out for more
Q has fiber into strategic cities that would provide enormous value to either T, Vz or another global carrier. I don't agree with many of Q's decisions, but this is one move that will pay off in the long term. |
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NormanS
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join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| Unless those strategic cities are not currently reached by AT&T Worldnet Services, or Verizon Business (in the same business as Qwest long haul fiber), it would just be duplication of their existing infrastructure.
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Norman
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