 japPremium
join:2003-08-10
038xx | reply to PoloDude
Re: Buy Back said by PoloDude:Watch VZ come back in and buy it back under a rescue agreement for dimes on the dollar. That I doubt. More likely the sale was with knowledge that
1- emerging rural WISP technologies mesh nicely with mobile phone tech & infrastructure,
2- On the wire side of life the trend towards digital telephony ala cable is/was writ large, and
3- northern NH & Maine distances, terrain and weather conspire to make physical lines too expensive to stand up against wireless services. Same in NE VT but, obviously, not in the NW of VT.
Not that VZ is above such shenanigans, but their behavior indicates they want out of copper. When they say emphasis is on fiber & WISP I believe it.
Buying NE leftovers from VZ was a poor deal for anyone. Slow (non-existent?) as the national roll-outs have been I'll still put my money on wireless voice+data overtaking hardline services here in the north country. |
