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Re: Sprint is being killed by excessive "special access" charges Pure propaganda. How much do you think a carrier should pay for T1s? Having managed projects for the three largest wireless carriers, I know for a fact that each carrier receives bulk discounts for access lines. Do you think an AT&T, Verizon or Qwest will not provide service for the true number lines that they are leasing?
If the cost is truly an issue, then why aren't the complainers building their own network? |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by sides14:If the cost is truly an issue, then why aren't the complainers building their own network? They can't get the ROW touching insurance to apply to the PUC for a license, and the insurance companies won't give them ROW touching insurance unless they have a license from the PUC. Plus pole rental is $50 a pole per year, do the math, its impossible to run your own lines. |
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said by sides14:If the cost is truly an issue, then why aren't the complainers building their own network? Because the "complainers," as you call them, can't get the same government subsidies or monopoly rents that the incumbents got to build out their networks. What's more, they cannot realize the same economies of scale. Remember, when you lay fiber, the first strand costs all the money. All the others are essentially free and thus generate high profits. But a cell phone company isn't in the business of leasing out fiber and so cannot reap these benefits. It simply needs to get to the tower. In short, it's not economically feasible to duplicate the existing infrastructure. |
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| Let's us for instance say that x wireless company is in Qwest or AT&T territory. Neither company (AT&T or Qwest) are going to lay fiber to cell sites. Since many cell sites are colocated with multiple carriers, there is the revenue stream.
In addition, it's not very difficult to lay your own fiber. Public Utility Commissions aren't the obstacle (I have worked with both the CPUC and Arizona Corporate Commission for CLEC licenses).
As for subsidies, even wireless companies get USF subsidies. |
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| Wrong. It's the "middle mile" connectivity (the tens or hundreds of miles to the city), not the last mile to the tower, for which cellular providers are being overcharged. |
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