MordhemLove it, Hate it.
join:2003-07-10
Baltimore, MD | Verizon complains, Why do we need to upgrade? Makes me wonder what Verizon is smoking. Its amazing that Verizon finds more time complains practically every day about the need to upgrade a network, then they do in actually upgrading it. They need to face the facts, you got to upgrade your crappy god dam network that has been dieing since the early stone ages. To bad the dangling the fiber optics wont last for ever considering most modern cable company's have vast amounts of fiber optics installed already so some city's can tell them to shove it. They are just mad that they can't have the monopoly they once had and they cant seem to adapt to all this competition they have now since acquired. I am going to take a wild guess and say that they thought the cable company's where all going to file for chapter 11 when they said they were going to start installing fiber to all the homes of America and put a end to all of the cable company's. Yea good job Verizon.
I really do hope they keep stalling because by the time they do start to make progress they will have successfully made their service irrelevant in the market place considering most cable company's have fiber less than 200 - 100 feet from peoples houses right now. The fact is Verizon has a aging network and its going to end up extinct if they like it or not(hopefully with them). They will have the choice of ether evolve or die with the services they offer.
I really do love the history of cable, its almost been the same way ever since the first antenna was put up on top of the hill and the wire was ran down to the residents below. One thing the cable company's have always had almost since its birth was the presence of some sort of competition and in my opinion this is what has put the company's like Comcast ahead of their new rival Verizon & AT&T. See for years the bells had no competition and their was no reason to upgrade anything, because if you did not like it... Well what are you going to do about it, go with out a phone? The phone company's history compared to cable company's had some vary easy pickings but to bad the telecoms could not see in to the future because they could have done rolled out some sort of network upgrade with in the last hundred years or so & would possibly be sitting at a much better position then they are at now. Considering now its not really a upgrade, more like a overhaul.
Back in the day the cable company's have had the same problem that Verizon now faces, that of competition. but company's like Comcast have been in a state of war ever since the birth of their company so you could also say in many ways Comcast has been more prepared & hardened for the future as they did not have the luxury of allowing their network to just sit and age wile collect a bill.The life of most cable company's have always remained the same, for years as new technology was released & competition increased such as satellite providers they have had to upgrade to remain relevant & competitive. Unlike Verizon Comcast did not cry about the needs to upgrade their network because they know that's why the customer is paying a monthly bill & to keep that monthly bill rolling in that they would need to stay ahead of the pack. It seems Verizon still wants to receive something for nothing. But Comcast has been in a state of upgrading since the wars began.
As time has progressed the bells had DSL & back then it was fairly competitive verse cable internet both where at the time vary pricey as well. But this like most things the cable giants faced did nothing but to strengthen allot of cable company's network infrastructure, as long that they had resources to do so anyways. Comcast Unlike Verizon had competition from all fronts so they was forced to stay relevant or be forced out the game by satellite & the phone company's. So the cable company's did the only thing you can do when your faced with competition in the technology market & that's to become faster, better and stronger. So they have been in the state of upgrading since almost forever now. I cant remember anytime before when a Comcast rep was caught crying about the injustice they have been suffering with forced upgrades, or about when they had to add fiber so that they could add more services to make even more money. So I don't see why its any different for Verizon. Guess they just wish they could go back in time to the way it was back in the day, or may be they just wish they could lobby to make it illegal so that the cable company's can no longer offer phone service so that they will never need to upgrade their network. That's what they want. I think I do remember them trying to sue voip providers at one point lol.
What is funny though is what made the cable company's a multimedia power house, is what Verizon is really truthfully facing for the first time ever since the advent of the internet along with voip & that sir is Competition. Now the Cable company's are able to strike back and they are try for once and for all to put them out of the picture. So the clear option for the lagging bells are to upgrade or die with the services they offer & you know the bells just hate this, being forced to spend money shesh. Because trust me if it was not for pressure from cable company's like Comcast Verizon would never upgrade their network, and 400 years from now the hole phone system would just crash.
As much as they run their mouth about their fiber Comcast has been rolling that s**t out now for years & they can easily compete with Verizon Fios if it was completely built out to day. Verizon cant compete if they don't upgrade. See as Comcast faced these company's attacking their network & revenue the answer has always remained the same, so this fight with Verizon is just business as usual. But with every fight in the past, Comcast pipe has gotten bigger and bigger to be able to offer more services and at faster speeds. You could compare this battle vary simply like this. Now imagine this.
Comcast to Intel, Intel has been battling for years and has been steadily competing with other processors, the way they have been doing so is by upgrading. They are currently on to the Core i7 975 XE @ 3.33Ghz from all the years of upgrading.
Verizon to Motorola, Motorola has had virtually no competition mainly due because of the monopoly they held with in their own market. But lately the monopoly they once held closed has been broken wide open and their main competitor is now Intel. Motorola is currently on to the Motorola 68040 @ 25Mhz. In a statement Motorola plans to launch a new product called the Motorola Fios that will be able to compete wit the Intel Core i7 975 XE.
Its sad, but its the bells own fault the position they are now in. If they had taken care of their network in the past they would not be needing to take such a leap in to the future. since they let their network slip for so long its really their only choice and the leap ahead shows just how long they let there network slide. So about Verizon talking about offering VDSL, I think I smell BS its just not practical I seen another phone company doing that in another state but facts are facts, they wont be able to compete eventually if they stay on copper and not to mention if they slow down and try rely on their 172 year old copper network company's like Comcast will end up looking to hit that last nail in the coffin for them.
If Verizon can't handle the competition may be they should have went in to another business, like baking or something. Because in the world of technology you ether evolve or you become obsolete. As the statistics have been showing DSL is on the road to becoming the next 56K. As for the strangle hold on some rural areas that have no other choice but copper lines don't worry, I guaranty you that wireless will eventually take care of those areas as well.
Sorry for any grammar errors, its 7:29 am and I been up all night, so good night everyone. |
