 calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA | reply to JPCass
Re: Not Adequate Broadband Competition Having grown up in a rural area, I understand your position, and I thought long and hard about introducing broadband to my small town.
However, Verizon has now got it in, and although I would have had a year or two lead time, they'd be cleaning my clock right now.
Also, I understand your "smaller markets" point. I watched Ozark Air Lines flourish when it served small markets, and then grow into a competitor that TWA eventually bought out. (When Bill Barr, subsequently VZ General Counsel, was US Attorney General.) TWA, then without a competitor in St. Louis, got fat, dumb, and happy, got stripped by Ichan, and eventually purchased by American. Sad, indeed.
On the other hand, if you think less contested markets are the better bet, you're free to go there. Gather some capital and install. It's a free country!
Calvoiper
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