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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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kudos:3 | reply to perki
Re: Oh ya income has nothing to do with it.... said by perki:And thats why they have FIOS all over the ghetto... wait....  But be honest... who cares? Personally, if I were a big business spending multi-billions of dollars, I would have no problem stating that "I'm going to deploy services, at first, in areas where I can make the fastest return".. then I'd look at where my CURRENT product has the best return, the highest dollar spent, the LEAST amount of non-pay customers and late paying customers, and then deploy where it made financial sense... and yes, I'd COMPLETELY throw out any affirmative action of PC stuff in the process. After wave 1 of deployment, and when I was paying off the first round deployment expenses, then I'd then go back and start hitting the other areas... "RISK" areas.. ones that are problematic in generating money, and the areas that have the least amount of collections issues.
So really... in business, income does matter. Would you rather they deploy to an area that is less "fortunate" knowing you're likely to have low return first JUST to make yourself look good? OR, as a CEO of a company, are you going to do what's right for the business and it's survival and deploy where you KNOW you'll get a better return up front? We want to hold CEO's to the wall for bad decisions in every other case... so why is Fios from Verizon any different?
I'll say it out loud... if I were the CEO of Verizon, I'm NOT putting a 23 billion dollar project in the "ghetto" first.. they'd be the last area to get deployed.. UNLESS that "ghetto" had a low rate of non-pay, and a higher rate of purchases of advanced services... do you not agree? | | |
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| Sounds like redlining to me. So would you admit to it, or lie about it like Verizon does? | |
fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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kudos:3 | I don't know or care why Verizon does it... call it redlining or not...
Admitting it... that's the fine line... and I know why Verizon isn't answering the question.. for one, it's really no one's business why they do it. And, I already did answer that question in my post... no matter WHAT they say or do in public, they will ALWAYS offend at least one group of people.
How do you think it would be taken if they openly said "We don't make enough profit in these areas and have too many troubles collecting on bills to make the decision to deploy in this area first. This is an expensive project and we need the most return in the shortest amount of time"... you think the public can handle that? NO! They can't handle the truth! People are always too ready to be offended... and that is the truth.
The bottom line is we all know why they are doing what they are doing.. I outlined it in my original post. Would I say it? No.. would I mean it? Yes...
So, while we're using derogatory terms like "redlining" ... please tell me, why should they deploy in areas that are going to be bask and risky business decisions when they can deploy in OTHER areas first?
You guys always seem to think they will be completely left out.. they need to deploy expensive projects in areas that make most sense to their BUSINESS'S BOTTOM LINE first.. the other areas come in later.. that's the truth.. remember, they are in business to make money, not do good deeds and look good in the public eye. They're a utility, not your friend.
So, to answer your question in short, I'd do exactly like they have... not answer. It's no one's business. The public is not owed an answer, quite honestly.
Honestly, it sounds like, to me, that people are trying to put them on trial.. to get a "gotchya" on them..
Let me ask YOU.. would YOU admit to it? or would you lie, like verizon does, as you say...
(and I already know your answer becuase you're already calling them a liar.. sorry, but it's a good business decision, and the simple fact they won't give you the answer YOU want doesn't make it a lie.. sorry, it doesn't) | |
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