 en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Crazy Lets see... Gov't (also known as us taxpayers.. well some of us) would be willing to 'give' Qwest a billion, as long as it went towards deploying some rural / underserved areas, and refused?
I could see the following reasons:
1. 1 billion investment in rural will cost more than 1 billion to support/maintain, and there isn't enough out there to pay for it.
2. 'Rules' affixed to the money outside of item #1 may be a poison pill.
3. Qwest thinks they'll get a better deal.
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| There's a fault with #1. No company outside of non-profits does anything on a zero-sum basis. Not only must that $1B cover deployment, maintenance, and administrative, but it also better turn a profit that makes investors happy. And those investors will expect to see a big boost to their pockets if they take it. |
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 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | reply to en102
said by en102:Lets see... Gov't (also known as us taxpayers.. well some of us) would be willing to 'give' Qwest a billion, as long as it went towards deploying some rural / underserved areas, and refused? Wasn't that what the telco slush fund ehrmmm USF supposed to go towards?
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by dvd536:said by en102:Lets see... Gov't (also known as us taxpayers.. well some of us) would be willing to 'give' Qwest a billion, as long as it went towards deploying some rural / underserved areas, and refused? Wasn't that what the telco slush fund ehrmmm USF supposed to go towards? No, it was to keep solvency/profitability/stock price up of for profit rural telcos. No parts of it are for deployment of new services, only corporate costs and physical maintenance of plant. |
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 ropeguruPremium
join:2001-01-25
Mechanicsville, VA | reply to en102
said by en102:2. 'Rules' affixed to the money outside of item #1 may be a poison pill. I am thnking that #2 applies here. Look at what happened to the two automakers after they took stimulus money from the government. Ford was the only smart one by just saying no.
Now, look at the after effect. Out of the top 5 cars being purchased for the cash for clunkers project. Ford is the only American owned company in there.
I think Qwest may have actually done something right for a change here. |
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