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Re: copper and fiber? Mrkevin,
Co-locating is a little out of my realm. I am sure we have guys here who can comment on that.
As for abandoning it to a CLEC, I can think of a couple of reasons they would not be able to do this.
First, since the CLEC uses Verizon techs to "fix" any problems, I cant imagine any CLEC suddenly wanting to hire a work force to take care of copper plant that is just going to bleeed customers anyway.
Second, think of the how much copper is in the ground. If you were Verizon, would you give up tons of copper that could still be financially valuable if you get a chance to pull it up out of the ground and sell it on a metal market?? Nope, I just cant see them doing that for the CLEC's. | | |
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Aurora, ME | First, since the CLEC uses Verizon techs to "fix" any problems, I cant imagine any CLEC suddenly wanting to hire a work force to take care of copper plant
Does the CLEC share in the maintenance costs? If so, there are companies out there that do contract utility maintenance.
Second, think of the how much copper is in the ground. If you were Verizon, would you give up tons of copper that could still be financially valuable if you get a chance to pull it up out of the ground and sell it on a metal market?? Nope, I just cant see them doing that for the CLEC's.
I'm just saying if the Public Services Commission wouldn't let them pull it out.
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said by FloridaBoy:First, since the CLEC uses Verizon techs to "fix" any problems, I cant imagine any CLEC suddenly wanting to hire a work force to take care of copper plant that is just going to bleeed customers anyway. Gee, of course a competitor doesn't want to hire a workforce. Therein lies a problem with the CLECs. If they'd started building out their infrastructure, we might not have some of the competitive issues that people complain about today.said by FloridaBoy:Second, think of the how much copper is in the ground. If you were Verizon, would you give up tons of copper that could still be financially valuable if you get a chance to pull it up out of the ground and sell it on a metal market?? Copper is on its way back up, but it's still not where it was a couple of years ago. Abandoning the copper in place is probably more profitable to VZ right now considering the current copper prices. | |
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