PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR
| reply to openbox9
Re: What a great idea!
said by openbox9  :Yep, see how well the analysts, consumer groups, and unions like it when Verizon is forced to maintain a market that they don't want. I foresee no capital expenditures for infrastructure improvement and just enough O&M expenditure to maintain what they currently have enough to keep the regulators off of their back. Absolutely. Their attitude almost seems to be "if Verizon wants it, then it automaticaly must be bad". Now I can fully understand how people in these states can view Verizon management as a bunch of rat bastards; I feel that same way about them, for much the same reasons. But if Verizon stays as the region's provider, they're gonna get nothing, zilch, nada, from them. And there's no way these "consumer advocates" or PUC members can force Verizon to do anything when it comes to broadband deployment. These guys are just shooting themselves in the foot.
When it comes to broadband deployment, smaller regional telcos have a much better track record of deploying broadband than does Verizon. Instead, Verizon management has chosen to concentrate investment on delivering TV over optical fiber to only a portion of their subscriber base. If I were these people, I'd tell VZ not to let the door hit them on the way out, and say good riddance.
Of course all of this is probably just posturing and negotiating in order to try to get the best deal. |
