Why should SBC want to spend BILLIONS on FTTH/FTTP if the Federal Government will step in and force them to resell it to CLECs/ISPs that can sell it for the same cost??
They got screwed before and don't want to that to happen again if they can help it.
If the Federal government cared so much, they'd step in and fiberize/build it themselves like they did the Internet. But it's so much easier to have someone else do it and then legislate them into sharing it.
You got it all turned around. SBC and the other Bells AGREED to past regulation. They weren't forced to do anything. Also the Bells have yet to have gotten "screwed" on the deal either. They are still reporting much more profit than cost in spite of having to share their lines.
I would very much like the government to come in and "fiberize" the nation, then lease the lines to providers. The thing is SBC and the other Bells are very much against it... unless you haven't heard about all the municipal fiber cases that have been talked about on BBR.
The Bells thought they had a good deal sharing their lines and getting an advantage on long distance. What they didn't anticipate was broadband and DSL (this is in spite of them having the technology for about a decade and sitting on it). The Bells figured on milking ISDN and T1 for another decade or so but the CLEC's knew better and jumped on the DSL route. Now the Bells are crying foul because their master plan didn't go like they thought. Though.
said by bodysurf:Why should SBC want to spend BILLIONS on FTTH/FTTP if the Federal Government will step in and force them to resell it to CLECs/ISPs that can sell it for the same cost??
They got screwed before and don't want to that to happen again if they can help it.
If the Federal government cared so much, they'd step in and fiberize/build it themselves like they did the Internet. But it's so much easier to have someone else do it and then legislate them into sharing it.
Sucks.
Ha. The bells never "got screwed". They just didn't want to play by the rules they agreed to.
