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Ogden, IA
| One way to help ..... pay per population, not serv Well, if Verizon wants to end city by city franchise agreements and go to a state wide model AND redline.....
One way to help this situation, is to make the agreement based on potential customers and not actual served. Give them a 2 yr grace period one the new rate.
Something along these lines might help keep them from playing this game for the long term.
Regardless, I wouldn't sweat the Bells short sightedness to much. If the (insert your fav name) would of started deploying FTTH in 1998, they wouldn't be racing to save their life now.
The Bells have to deploy TV service and HDTV is a must. By now they know VoIP is a death sentence to the old business model of the Bells and in less then 5 years long distance will be a thing of the past. As time passes, VoIP will work out it's problems and become a viable true choice, and a real price war will come and the Bells will smell smoke.
As for Cable, Well, they have fiber to the neighborhood now. Upgrading is fairly easy compared to a new FTTH deployment. As soon as Verizon starts to cause some real damage in a year or two, Cables will upgrade. By then, DOCSIS 3 should be available or better.
If I was Cable, I would deploy FTTH in every neighborhood Verzion did along with Hummers to boot. Why? Scare Verzion investors. Lower their stock values and their ability to borrow.
The way I see it is the Bells are in the fight for life and about to become McDonald's. Everything 99 cents. A stretch I know, but they have really screwed themselves and most still are...... If I was cable, I would go for the throat. Dirt cheap VoIP asap..... VoIP @ $15.00 a month unlimited by years end.
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