FCC Hopes To Use Some Spectrum For 'Free or Cheap' Wireless > Consumers will never see USF money that goes to T or V

Consumers will never see USF money that goes to T or V

Dividends are a tiny % of their total profit. They just stockpile the money and buy out content companies with it.

reply to Sammer

Like I said consumers will never see a dime. Any national broadband plan based on cell phone companies expanding broadband is a failure to begin with. Except in third world countries fiber optics as deep as practical has to be the basis of such a plan and finding a way to reduce the cost of deploying fiber and encouraging competition is what will make it a success.

Ironically, the same wireless companies that you don't want receiving money to deploy Internet access are also responsible for a significant portion of the wireline infrastructure in this country. Wireless is significantly easier and less costly to fill access gaps with than wireline. Perhaps a good plan is to use wireless as a bridge and as wireline infrastructure is deployed.

and VZ is selling off more and more of that wireline network.

reply to openbox9

Have you missed the few articles here at DSLR over the last couple of weeks discussing VZ's shedding of expensive, regulated, low ROI wireline markets with the possibility of returning to those markets with relatively low cost wireless service? "Less profitable" areas are much easier to service with lower cost solutions.

reply to hottboiinnc
With the potential to return to those markets with wireless service. What's your point? VZ is leaning forward into the ongoing evolution of communications infrastructure.

reply to Sammer
So, they have been getting money and not spending it on Rural Customers. So lets give them more. What a joke. They should be forced to sell all exchanges under 100,000 subscribers to Independent, CO-OP or CLEC carriers that would actually put the money back into a rural infrastructure and the consumer.

reply to openbox9
Yes, if you are a money hungry giant and not concerned about establishing a local business with local people employed and with kickbacks to the local economy for supporting your low- rate of return projects.

Huh? I see many Verizon Wireless stores spread throughout both urban and rural areas...including areas not served by VZ's wireline service. What exactly do you think will change?