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| cherry pick frontier's geography it's readily apparent that at least some of frontier's geography has merit for ROI. earthlink should cherry pick the best and compete against frontier for getting broadband speeds up to par (which these days is around 15-20 megabit for entry level, not 1-7mbits). spending 80mil on a worthless effort could have wired half a small city in frontierland using non-union and even illegal immigrant labor (not that I condone such a practice-- but it's basically a one-shot deal to get things done on the cheap). small carriers should be given a little lee-way to get infrastructure deployed as the major carriers don't even want these geographies. I would even go as far as to say even AT&T is carefully cherry picking it's current landline geography on where to make the investment for uverse and fttn/p deployments. at&t doesn't want to be put in a broadband race with cablecos the way verizon has with cablevision. now they're stuck contemplating higher rates that customers won't pay or capping service and setting the progress of adoption back 15 years.
There was a time when RCN was just the carrier to do the job, but they were sabotaged by then Bell Atlantic rboc and pumped too much cash into legacy equipment copying the cable company model. Another reason is they had no plan for expansion, just alot of heated rhetoric.
I think being a content provider today (as some suggest) is risky to those who are not truly innovative to begin with. There is profit to be made for getting dialup into the broadband era. Verizon conceded that one size can not fit all and sold it's unprofitables to frontier. This is an OPPORTUNITY for another company to come in and be SMART about the technology use to get the job done... whether it be FTTX, Coax, Copper, Wireless, etc. Consumers don't care how.. they just want what everyone else has for a similar price point. So, why not give consumers what they want when they're willing to pay for it!? | |
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Canonsburg, PA | What financial resources are Earthlink supposed to use when Frontier (and cable companies) fights such action through lawyers, lobbyists, etc. The incumbents have already shown they're willing to throw roadblocks in the way even in areas where they have no immediate plans to increase the costs for potential competitors. | |
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