Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | FTTH
Hopefully it will encourage a lot of providers, both cable and telco to deploy FTTH.
I don't think it will be reality though, but we will see.
Hey, who knows it might just get Embarq off their butt here. |
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soothsayer15
join:2002-03-01
Irving, TX
| Just because they "planned to do" upgrades doesn't mean they would have. Surprising from this site sine there is so much talk about cherry picking. In this economy, plans mean squat. Wasn't there a story just the other day about AT&T slowing down their U-Verse roll out.
The title was probably more to get the chickens clucking than anything else since Verizon is a regional provider and the stimulus is national. That's the whole point of a stimulus, to give companies the incentive to upgrade and/or expand. Given the number of people on this site who want their providers to upgrade service in their area, I don't see why this would be a negative. If cable companies upgrade their service , even better. Competition benefits the consumer. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | huh? How does that relate to my post? |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
 ·Comcast
2 edits | reply to Eat Me
money that goes to ANY of the large, incumbent providers will be wasted.
maybe not totally wasted, depends on what the penalties will be for noncompliance with requirements - if there are any.
quote:
Mr. Hodulik, however, said that the tax credits might well encourage the company to accelerate its plans and run FiOS past more homes over the next two years.
what if the credits don't encourage them? money WASTED
from gigaom:
»gigaom.com/2009/01/30/slowdown-h···rs-hard/
quote:
The current economic slowdown is beginning to hurt telecom equipment makers, and their prospects aren’t likely to change much in 2009, as indicated by the spending plans outlined by some of the major service providers.
For instance, AT&T said that it will cut its capex spend by 10-15 percent, or about $3 billion, and moderate its U-verse expansion plans. Verizon hasn’t been quite as blunt about its plans, but analysts expect the company to tighten its belt as well, and its suppliers are already starting to feel the hurt.
doesn't sound like providers are planning to accelerate anything except maybe layoffs. |
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