RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY
| What about the money SkiWi acknowledges they owe Qwest
Since SkyWi acknowledges that they owe Qwest some money, have they attempted to pay that amount or place it in escrow pending their case being heard? This action would seem to be something that they could (or rather should) do to prove "good faith" on their part. I mention the escrow method since if Qwest accepted the part payment, it might harm Qwest's claims of being owed more but does allow SkyWi to pay the money that is not in dispute while showing that they did not file the court case just to avoid paying anything while the case is being heard. |
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cngr96
join:2005-03-05
El Paso, TX
| I have to agree. If I was QWest, I would tell the PUC to either fork over the money owed or go pound sand. The court process does not mean they do not have to pay for services being supplied by QWest, and SkyWi is receiving revenue from it's customers. They even cut the bill in half in an attempt to keep the customers connected, which SkiWi turned down. Looks like a cash flow issue to me. This time, I do not blame QWest for their move. |
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
Premium
join:2005-01-03
 ·CableOne
| said by cngr96  :If I was QWest, I would tell the PUC to either fork over the money owed or go pound sand. They can certainly do that, and still cut SkwWi off if they want. And the PRC can simply tell Qwest "OK, you can no longer provide service to New Mexico, bye - Hello, AT&T, Verizon? Either of you guys wanna use this network?"
It may not be fair, but the PRC makes the rules. |
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cngr96
join:2005-03-05
El Paso, TX | QWest is not been sucked up by the big Bells because there is too much geopgraphy and not as many subscribers. For New Mexico to replace QWest with some other would be almost impossible... Maybe Timewarner, Comcast??? LOL |
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rahvin112
join:2002-05-24
Sandy, UT
| New Mexico is probably not one of the markets that wouldn't be purchased. The areas the other Telco's don't want is Montana (one of the nations largest states with the smallest population), Idaho, Wyoming and probably Nevada as well. Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico and Arizona would probably be sold rather easily if Qwest was interested in piecing out the company.
Verizon has already offered to buy the more populated states from Qwest. I believe their offer was for Washington, Oregon, Arizona and Colorado. |
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cngr96
join:2005-03-05
El Paso, TX
| If QWest sold off the portions that the others want, they would not survive as those few big markets supple the needed cash to subsidize the other operations, which would go dark within a year. QWest is small, they cannot keep running when their customers do not pay them. They had no choice here and the PUC should be going after SkiWi, oh but SkiWi is not regulated by the PUC, QWest is screwed! |
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dslrus
join:2008-01-03
Saint Paul, MN
| reply to PolarBear
said by PolarBear :said by cngr96 :If I was QWest, I would tell the PUC to either fork over the money owed or go pound sand. They can certainly do that, and still cut SkwWi off if they want. And the PRC can simply tell Qwest "OK, you can no longer provide service to New Mexico, bye - Hello, AT&T, Verizon? Either of you guys wanna use this network?" It may not be fair, but the PRC makes the rules. You really think geographically AT&T or Verizon wants New Mexico? |
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
Premium
join:2005-01-03 | No. My point was simply that if Qwest defies the PRC, the PRC has the power to punish them. |
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