puck0114
join:2005-12-24
Washington, DC | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: Open Your FiOS Network!
A quick Google search brought up DSL Extreme as a FiOS reseller. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | ooooo One reseller... Big Deal! |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
 ·PHONE POWER
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·Time Warner VOIP
 ·RoadRunner Cable
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Re: Open Your FiOS Network!
said by hottboiinnc  :ooooo One reseller... Big Deal! It's a very big deal. Clearly Verizon is allowing resellers access, which is much more than we can say for AT&T and U-Verse.
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
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| said by djrobx :said by hottboiinnc :ooooo One reseller... Big Deal! It's a very big deal. Clearly Verizon is allowing resellers access, which is much more than we can say for AT&T and U-Verse. Reseller, not resellers. |
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puck0114
join:2005-12-24
Washington, DC | reply to hottboiinnc
It is a big deal because Verizon isn't mandated to do it. It's pretty clear from reading the articles about it that they'll offer it for resale from other ISPs, too. DSL Extreme was simply the first to take them up on it. |
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Dolgan
Premium
join:2005-10-01
Sun Prairie, WI | reply to hottboiinnc
quote:
ooooo One reseller... Big Deal!
How many resellers does Buckeye Cable have for its service? 1 is better than none. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | Buckeye is not a phone company. |
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Dolgan
Premium
join:2005-10-01
Sun Prairie, WI
·Verizon Online DSL
| Doesn't matter, they should open their network. Verizon is not under any requirement to share it FIOS network, but it has chosen to do so. When cable astroturfers whine about their only being 1 CLEC who can offer services over FIOS they should look at how open their network is/is not to CLECs/Competitors. |
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elray
join:2000-12-16
Santa Monica, CA
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·RoadRunner Cable
·Verizon Online DSL
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said by Eat Me :said by djrobx :said by hottboiinnc :ooooo One reseller... Big Deal! It's a very big deal. Clearly Verizon is allowing resellers access, which is much more than we can say for AT&T and U-Verse. Reseller, not resellers. No, there are resellers. One is just very shy.
It is a very wise move on VZ's part - shields them from anti-trust crusaders (despite the fact they were given a monopoly per FCC, that won't stop pols from making headlines...). Its also a good business decision - shows they're not afraid of wholesale competition.
Lets hope that VZ continues to be smart, and offer lower-cost/lower-rate FIOS, is sensible when considering caps, and fixes their billing problems. |
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Mordhem
Love it, Hate it.
join:2003-07-10
Baltimore, MD | reply to Dolgan
Exactly! Hypocrisy comes to the mind so slowly for some.... |
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Mark F
join:2007-08-01
Fort Wayne, IN | reply to elray
I hope Frontier is a FIOS TV reseller or former FIOS customers may be screwed.
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techygeek
join:2008-04-30
·Verizon FIOS
·Optimum Online
1 edit | My position here.. On the reselling argument, I don't see cable companies having competitors riding over their networks..
On the argument of VZ FIOS being a monopoly.. As long as there is at least 1 competitor out there, ie: cable, maybe sat too, then VZ FIOS does not have a monopoly.
On the DSL Extreme route, I don't think its a good thing for VZ to have offered up. What if they change their mind later, is DSL Extreme just going to gracefully back down and hand over all their subs to VZ as FIOS customers? I'm not sure why they elected to go this route. |
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