Titus Pullo
I came, I saw, I slept
join:2004-06-26 | Is it really short sighted investors?
or do these investors know something about future economic conditions that average Joe doesn't?
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"I am not young enough to know everything."
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knightmb
Everybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN
1 edit | BPL is still here somehow?
And Fios is going to die? Heck, can't ever get BPL to die and Fios actually works. Too much money in Fios, I think not.  |
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flankspeed8
join:2001-07-20
Saint Paul, MN
clubs:
 ·Verizon FIOS
|  This is complete and utter BS
Verizon shares are only $3 off their 52 week high and about $6 off their 52 week low. These dumb ass analysts need to come to sites like this and see how happy people are with their Fios connection. This is complete BS. I am a Verizon shareholder and the ONLY thing keeping me in this stock is the hope of a pay-off in the future. Until then I will collect my %4.5 dividend and feel good everytime I read a glowing review here. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
 ·Comcast
| Investor is an Idiot
Verizon's management knows that unless they move to an infrastructure that they fully own and control, that they are doomed. Verizon has no incentive to build out copper to expand DSL deployments because CLECs would be able to use these investments for free. Fiber is a whole different ball game though. They can build it to wherever they want (preferably to the most profitable areas) without fears of competing companies freeloading off of this infrastructure.
Comcast was killing Verizon in the broadband game because Comcast had built out service to areas to which Verizon would not provide DSL. Investors need to understand that FIOS is not some sort of "luxury toy technology" but it is the only way Verizon is going to remain relevant and survive in the 21st century.
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Cyber2lz
join:2001-11-15
Odessa, FL | Myopic Investors
If V* did not do this bold move they would eventually just fade away. At least they bit the bullet and made a commitment.(unlike the other telcos) I'm happy with my FiOS.
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The Light Pipe is the Right Pipe !!! |
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Cheese
Premium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
clubs:
| reply to flankspeed8
Re: This is complete and utter BS
said by flankspeed8  :Verizon shares are only $3 off their 52 week high and about $6 off their 52 week low. These dumb ass analysts need to come to sites like this and see how happy people are with their Fios connection. This is complete BS. I am a Verizon shareholder and the ONLY thing keeping me in this stock is the hope of a pay-off in the future. Until then I will collect my %4.5 dividend and feel good everytime I read a glowing review here. And I think that's where their issue lies, they don't want hope, they want guaranteed payoff and as I can see, they aren't seeing it right now. |
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JTRockville
Data Ho
Premium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
clubs:
1 edit |  MCMD Isn't Lit Yet
I think by mid 2007, investors will see the light.
btw - are there any market-by-market comparisons around? |
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aaa
@nycboe.org | Wow
This guy sounds like an idiot. |
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b10010011
Whats a Posting tag?
join:2004-09-07
Bellingham, WA | This guy is either a moron...
Or he is trying to pump his Comcast stock and short Verizon. |
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
Premium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
·Verizon FIOS
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to flankspeed8
Re: This is complete and utter BS
Those articles are written mostly for day traders.
Investors buy and hold stocks that will move over the long term. Sure, the day traders will sell, but the investors will hold this one.
As you said, the stock carries a %4.5 dividend, and is a solid company. Institutionals also love stocks that pay a dividend. I see them holding VZ over the long term.
I don't see Verizon slowing fiber deployment at this point. Seidenberg knew from go that FiOS deployment would impact the stock price, and so far the impact is small considering the coin they're laying out. It took a lot of balls to go in the direction they did, I don't think a few bucks here or there on the price is going to make them balk.
I hope the stock would drop some more, I would love to pick up a couple shares on the 52 week low and let it sit....
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Never ask what sort of a computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him? -Tom Clancy |
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UofMiamiGrad
Premium
join:2001-02-03
Great Neck, NY
| WTF!!
Last time I checked VZ is $1 away from it's 52 week high and has been going up steadily since July. Please spare us this sky is falling crap. Sell the stock if one thinks so and put your money elsewhere. This is not a dotcom stock and not going to jump $30 in a day like Google. |
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
Premium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
·Verizon FIOS
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to b10010011
Re: This guy is either a moron...
said by b10010011 :Or he is trying to pump his Comcast stock and short Verizon. SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! You're giving away his secret!
"But you're giving away our best secrets!"
"Mr. POTATO HEAD, MR POTATO HEAD, Back doors are NOT secrets."
..."What's a back door?"
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Never ask what sort of a computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him? -Tom Clancy |
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NuAlphaMan
join:2006-08-07
Bowie, MD
| Foolishness!
If anyone thought this was going to be an overnight process, that was sheer foolishness. For them (telcos) to be competitive, they need this type of upgrade. Copper is an old and quickly becoming an obsolescent technology. This has to be looked at from a long term point of view. This change will breed competition amongst the various providers (cable & telcos) and will be good for everyone! |
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MadMANN
Premium
join:2005-08-19
·Comcast
| reply to flankspeed8
Re: This is complete and utter BS
said by flankspeed8 :Verizon shares are only $3 off their 52 week high and about $6 off their 52 week low. These dumb ass analysts need to come to sites like this and see how happy people are with their Fios connection. This is complete BS. I am a Verizon shareholder and the ONLY thing keeping me in this stock is the hope of a pay-off in the future. Until then I will collect my %4.5 dividend and feel good everytime I read a glowing review here. Well, not ALL reviews are glowing:
»[northeast] I'm tired of Verizon FIOS BS!
»Verizon order "on hold" because they didn't lay the fiber?
»Is this typical of Fios tech suppt?
»Lost order... grrrrrrrrr.
I posted these links to another forum as an example just to show that FIOS has just as many problems as any other service.
However, I do think that they are jumping the gun with this story. To say that they are "doomed" is a little extreme. Even I know that! 
One thing is for sure, if Verizon DOESN'T keep doing what they are doing with FIOS, they are sure to bankrupt their POTS system. They are damned either way. They either don't deploy fiber and definitely sink, or they deploy fiber and either become successful or die trying.
Personally, I don't think Verizon is going anywhere as a company. Even if their land services fail, in my opinion, they are the best wireless provider in the market. That in itself could carry them a long way as long as they don't loose their ass to the point of no return with this project.
There's a long road ahead, ck8. But as a human being, notwithstanding my obvious profession, I wish you luck in your financial endeavors. May you retire comfortably!
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Staplegun
join:2005-04-20
Flower Mound, TX | reply to NuAlphaMan
Re: Foolishness!
It is foolish. I heard VZ is having huge revenue growth in Texas from FiOS (where they started and have the most deployed).... |
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cbrain
join:2000-05-21
Silver Spring, MD | It's just a matter of time
Verizon could be in real trouble when this internet fad dies or people stop watching TV and talking on the phone. |
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LilYoda
Feline with squirel personality disorder
Premium
join:2004-09-02
Mountains
1 edit | Not surprising
Investors and companies have different goals...
The company wants profit now, but most importantly in the future. Why? because if they don't, they'll just go under.
The investors do not have this burden. Investors want the profit now, but they have the freedom of changing ships almost instantly.
The problem arises when you let large short sighted investor groups become the majority shareholder in your company... Or worse, that your CEO is putting the shareholder's interests before the company. Like when the "CEO of the day" sink a company purposely just to raise the share value, and then moves on to the next one, leaving the failing company to crash down in flames...
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"the two most abundant things in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity." (Harlan Ellison) |
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TheOtherPete
join:2001-06-28
Boyds, MD
| ????
VZ stock doesn't seem to be affected by this "news" today (its up)
For those looking at VZ's stock prices this year, keep in mind that they spun-off Idearc and every VZ shareholder got IAR stock (thus that sudden one day drop in VZ share price about a month ago)
VZ pays a 4.5% dividend and you have the potential for serious capital appreciation (if you believe that FIOS is going to be a long-term success and seriously who doesnt?)
Good luck to anyone who is shorting it. |
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MadMANN
Premium
join:2005-08-19
·Comcast
| reply to cbrain
Re: It's just a matter of time
said by cbrain :Verizon could be in real trouble when this internet fad dies or people stop watching TV and talking on the phone. I smell something. . . .i think it's. . . .yeah. . . .definitely sarcasm!  |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| End of Decade?
All this talk of 2010-2015, it's like people think Comcast/MSOs are going to do nothing for the next 3-9 years and let Verizon actually gain ground. LMAO!
Please!
Comcast has been deploying fiber for years, albeit just to the CMTS/headends, but it's there! LOTS of it! A shitload of it!
Seeing as Comcast is serving all 9+ million customers via this fiber while only using white light on that fiber, and even that isn't really being taxed to it's potential... imagine if Comcast decided to start pushing other spectrums of light across all that fiber. 
Of course, there will need to be some serious HW upgrades for cable to be able to push insane speeds(either direction), but by 2010? 2015? C'mon!
Just so you all know, Comcast has HFC right in front of my house - LIVE fiber! None of that dark stuff.
For Comcast to hit me with actual FTTH, it wouldn't take a hell of alot of work. 
Verizon better start kicking some ass or the investors, no matter how short sighted they may be, will walk!
Even though I personally don't like Verizon, that would be a shame.
Credit where credit is due - at least they are trying!
AT&T? OMG! They're just pathetic! 6mbps max... *if* you are lucky enough to be within range? 
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