bhorow
join:2004-05-17
Forest Hills, NY | THis is a write off essentially Verizon is basically writing off customers.
Customer in Maine/NH are better serviced by Cable up there anyway. The New England Division of Time Warner is one of the better and stronger divisions. To do battle in Maine and NH is kind of silly.
Verizon has to focus on his core business which is The old Bell-Atlantic area- From New York to Washington DC, and Ohio.
Verizon must do battle in these areas, and in Texas. But must win the Bell-Atlantic region. Verizon would be unable to win in Maine and they realize that. Verizon has to be very focused right now or they can loose everything. If they loose don't gain enough market share for FIOS Verizon will be a pure Cell phone company. It could loose internet/and phone. Verizon still hasn't made enough progress, and the costs are looming. Just think if it take 4-6 hrs for a technician to do the install. Thats means there paying that technician almost $150.00 per install minimum. Thats not including equipment costs etc..
Verizon must come on big, and right now they just haven't done it. |
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| Bell Atlantic was never NY (NYNEX) or OH (Ameritech)
Where did you get your information?
said by bhorow:Verizon has to focus on his core business which is The old Bell-Atlantic area- From New York to Washington DC, and Ohio. Verizon must come on big, and right now they just haven't done it. |
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 PathfinderDazed ConfusedPremium
join:2000-03-26
Mount Vernon, NY
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| said by xsiddalx:Bell Atlantic was never NY (NYNEX) or OH (Ameritech) Where did you get your information? said by bhorow:Verizon has to focus on his core business which is The old Bell-Atlantic area- From New York to Washington DC, and Ohio. Verizon must come on big, and right now they just haven't done it. Bell Atlantic and NYNEX merged in 2000 and the new company kept the name Bell Atlantic. They kept that name mainly due to legal issues in Wash. DC.
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Actually New York was part of Bell Atlantic. Ohio of course was not. |
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 swintecPremium,VIP
join:2003-12-19
Alfred, ME
kudos:3 | reply to Pathfinder
Maine was also Nynex, changed to Bell Atlantic and then to what it is now, Verizon. |
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compPremium
join:2001-08-16
Cranberry Twp, PA | I remember in NY we were nynex then bell atlantic |
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fair enough...ray smith was the king of rbocs with foresight in 96...
to be fair....and not wanting to be a troll...
bell atlantic = bell atlantic + nynex + gte east (ohio)
We're talking the same thing! Too many on this board seem to think Verizon is some magic entity against ma bell...I had to ask 
Summary (for those ill informed):
Verizon is a bunch of ma bell split offs
SBC is a buch of ma bell split offs
Cingular wireless is a company owned by ma bell split offs
Verizon wireless is a company owned by ma bell split offs
for fun
Verizon is Verizon and MCI
SBC/Bell South/Cingular is ATT and ATT
Sprint just sorta sucks and can't figure itself out
Qwest is the old US WEST (last baby BOC) - not too
desirable by anyone but will get acquired by one of the
wo
Comcast was small until they purchased ATT cable.
It's always more complicated than it seems...yet..bbr, which is allegedly the "clueful group" seems lacking in understanding. Maybe a faq is in order...one that speaks to the telco/cableco/wirelessco relations. A family tree of sorts. Who came from where and why are they where they are sort of....and a nice gravestone to the isp industry that proved the business model of internet access.
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 batterupI Can Not Tell A Lie.Premium
join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
·Verizon Online DSL
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said by bhorow:Verizon has to focus on his core business which is The old Bell-Atlantic area- From New York to Washington DC, and Ohio. Ohio was not part of Bellatlantic or NYNEX. |
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bhorow
join:2004-05-17
Forest Hills, NY | reply to bhorow
I guess my writing skills need a bit of help.
Anyway, NYC was bell Atlantic and I have old bills to show anyone to prove it.
I was meaning to say that they need to concentrate on the Bell atlantic region and OHIO...I wasn't implying that OHio was part of the bell atlantic region. Anyway, Verizon needs to focus there in order to make money.
Remember, Verizon isn't going to make money from small rural towns. Fios could be a great success or a pending disaster.
Remember what is going to happen faster people adopting FIOS or people dropping there phone service.
Verizon is in a must win situation in NY-Washington DC.
If they can't get reasonable penetration, Fios will be a failure.
Everyone wants faster and faster internet, but the cost generated is substantial. |
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