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Re: Cherry-pick away! said by jaminus:Good point. What's the logic in demanding that Verizon lay fiber in parts of the city where most people won't even sign up? Some neighborhoods simply won't have enough uptake to make FiOS profitable. so Verizon must make the money back elsewhere by charging higher prices. Who says it's a matter of people not signing up? I think if FiOS actually came to Philadelphia sans cherry picking, A LOT of Comcast customers would make the switch, but how much money will Verizon lose once many of those said customers go into a disconnect status because they haven't paid their bill in two to three months, or that these customers couldn't afford the sticker shock of their first month's bill? But hey, that's life...that's what Comcast is already dealing with, so if Verizon wants to come to the party, then they should at least be prepared for all the people in attendance.
Or if they want to service to only affluent neighborhoods, then put a disclaimer in their ads that states "not for people who make less than X amount of dollars....and live in X part of town." |
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jaminus
join:2004-10-14
Arlington, VA | If Verizon thought it could make a profit by laying fiber to a certain neighborhood, it would do it. Maybe not right off the bat, but it'd happen. Verizon obviously will make errors sometimes in assessing demand, but given how much experience VZ has in Fios subscriptions I bet their guesses are pretty much on-target.
Comcast customers who actually pay their bills are getting screwed by the city, too. But that's hardly a reason why Verizon should have to lay fiber in areas where people don't even pay the bills on time. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | Cherry-Picking argument is stupid in this case! said by jaminus:If Verizon thought it could make a profit by laying fiber to a certain neighborhood, it would do it. Maybe not right off the bat, but it'd happen. Verizon intends for their FiOS network to eventually replace their copper network in the Philly metro and other metropolitan areas. Verizon doesn't want to maintain the copper forever so that means FiOS will eventually reach every place in Philly that Verizon's copper phone lines do now. Now I wouldn't be surprised if Verizon cherry-picked in rural areas but that doesn't apply to Philly. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by Sammer:Verizon intends for their FiOS network to eventually replace their copper network in the Philly metro and other metropolitan areas. Verizon doesn't want to maintain the copper forever so that means FiOS will eventually reach every place in Philly that Verizon's copper phone lines do now. Now I wouldn't be surprised if Verizon cherry-picked in rural areas but that doesn't apply to Philly. That does mean ultimatly LifeLine POTS customers (subsidized by State USF for welfare, seniors and disabled) will get FIOS Phone, which is billed identically to copper POTS phone, when Verizon starts serious deffered maintence on their copper POTS (not replacing a trunk line when it runs out of good pairs), and if you call your copppr POTS went out, they will convert you to FIOS phone, yuo don't have a choice about delivery anyways.
Its also possible Verizon will start to convert FIOS apartment buildings to pure FIOS phone eventually to free up copper pairs for other customers (I guess single house customers) when VZ starts to abandon trunk lines. |
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