kapil
The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL
| reply to NewMariner
Re: Good bye AT&T
Their POTS revenue is in the crapper. They are selling DSL at a loss. And they have no meaningful upgrade plan in place a la fios.
It's a house of cards that is only standing because
A) they have a lot of cash and
B) they have used that cash to buy a lot of lobbying and
C) They own the enviable "legacy" AT&T backbone and
D) have government and large enterprise contracts because of that enviable backbone and these contracts generate a lot of cash which allows them to steal market share by selling services at a loss, buy yet more lobbyists etc. etc. |
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Mizzat
Will post for thumbs
Premium
join:2003-05-03
Atlanta, GA | Wow, selling at a loss? I'd love to see where you got the misinformation from, because you are so incorrect about that. |
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kapil
The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL
| Funny you bring that up.
Now, if all the non-sense AT&T has been whining about since 1996, about how it is being forced to sell services at a loss to CLECs that won't build their own infrastructure...then, I have to presume that at $14.95, AT&T is taking a loss on DSL.
Or, AT&T was lying about the CLEC pricing all these years and their cost really is less than what they were charging.
Which one is it?
...and while you're at it, also ask some AT&T partner ISPs what their wholesale cost is that they are paying AT&T for line-share loops. |
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bogey780
join:2004-03-19
Covington, LA | The main cost of DSL is the equipment. CLEC's certainly know that. Guess what happens when equipment gets old? |
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kapil
The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL | huh? |
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Mizzat
Will post for thumbs
Premium
join:2003-05-03
Atlanta, GA | reply to kapil
Well do you think they sell more to CLECs or to actual end users? If you think they sell more to CLECs, then you are mistaken. |
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batterup
I Can Not Tell A Lie.
Premium
join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
clubs: | reply to kapil
said by kapil  :huh? Duh? |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | reply to bogey780
Depreciate? |
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