tshirt
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join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
 ·Comcast
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Re: Cable Competition in Qwest Territory?
comcast serves most cites, suburbs, and a good deal of the semi rural area in Qwest territory.
He's right they no longer have the resources, little cash, less available credit.
Their Broadband slogan: "Qwest, doing absolutely nothing, at the speed of light" only works for captive areas (large NW cities, formerly at&t/USWest), and captive stockholders. (those that held on too long, or believe a white knight will buy them out)
They have no wireless (about to "partner" with verizon) no TV (partnered with dTV) ageing copper plant. Stock price is 10% of what it was in 2000, and market cap is under $10B.
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pnh102
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| said by tshirt  :comcast serves most cites, suburbs, and a good deal of the semi rural area in Qwest territory. There are some major cities in Qwest territory, just like there are in Verizon territory. FIOS for the most part is an urban/suburban thing. While I can understand Qwest not wanting to string fiber in rural areas, why can't they do anything in their urban/suburban areas?
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dispatcher21
join:2004-01-22
united state | reply to tshirt
I thought they were already partnered with Sprint for cell service? |
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tshirt
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join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
·Comcast
1 edit | "Qwest already resells wireless service from Sprint Nextel. But Mueller said this partnership is not working well for Qwest, and the company is looking to either renegotiate its deal with Sprint or find another company with which to partner in wireless.
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recieved a newsletter today saying Verizon is the likely new choice, negotations in progress.
These "resell to fill out the line up" deals rarely provide much net profit/revenue to the reseller. Their benifit is to offer a full service package, and they may receive a couple bucks off the top of the full price package. In return the absorb billing, tech support, and much of the advertizing costs, sometimes leaving a net loss for the service, but maybe bringing in/keeping a few more subscribers. |
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minidu
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join:2002-09-28
Mackinac Island, MI
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said by tshirt :While I can understand Qwest not wanting to string fiber in rural areas, why can't they do anything in their urban/suburban areas? Because is some states they service like Colorado the law says they have to provide it to everyone, or no one. So if they start stringing fiber they have to do fiber to every one.
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