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| Public benefit? The benefit is that VZ isn't going to file the paper work to abandon all services in these states. Under many state laws they can do so with only a 90 day notice.
After that 90 days the service goes dead and everyone is without 911 and anything else that the ILEC provides. Actually the CLECs are without as well.
So it comes down to VZ getting what they want or the State(s) losing phone service. What do you want? You can't have your cake and eat it too as we all know that is never an option.
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 BSD24Tier 4Premium
join:2008-04-30
Middleboro, MA | said by hottboiinnc:The benefit is that VZ isn't going to file the paper work to abandon all services in these states. Under many state laws they can do so with only a 90 day notice. After that 90 days the service goes dead and everyone is without 911 and anything else that the ILEC provides. Actually the CLECs are without as well. So it comes down to VZ getting what they want or the State(s) losing phone service. What do you want? You can't have your cake and eat it too as we all know that is never an option. Well phone companys (using copper) are regulated, and cannot just dump local phone services.. Thats why Fairpoint filed bankruptcy but is still in business.... Laws/Regulations are there for a reason... Thats why Verizon wants to go FIOS and get rid of landlines, so they aren't heavily regulated.
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I'd say let them go. Someone will step in... Threats, I tell you! It's all threats! |
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 sitrix
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Tacoma, WA | reply to hottboiinnc
"Verizon will just walk away" point of view I've heard many times already, in fact it's the only point of view proponents of this sale state over and over. The problem is that Verizon will never walk away from billions of dollars worth of assets, they will simply have to either keep them till they find a way to sell them at a price Verizon wants or sell them at a bargain price. If Verizon sells unwanted assets at bargain price to Frontier, then Frontier won't be burdened financially enough to go into bankruptcy and will have enough financial straight left to keep network operational. So in the end, if Verizon wants this sale to go through, then they shouldn't expect top dollar for the assets they sell. |
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| reply to BSD24
Depends. Ohio has a law that says a xLEC can do that. All they have to do is refile their application and in 90 days GONE! It's up to the state to find another company to manage the network.
But Fiber companies are also regulated. That's why you still have taxes on the service- unlike many with VoIP and much of Cable (does not have all the extra taxes and fees).
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| reply to sitrix
depending on the state of operations this is true. Ohio's law does NOT include the assets going to the public. So VZ could under Ohio law do that here. They could take the assets that they do own and leave without a problem. The people are the ones that would be affected in the end. The company would not.
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said by hottboiinnc:So it comes down to VZ getting what they want or the State(s) losing phone service. With how much money Verizon has spent installing Fios and securing TV franchises in Washington, I can't imagine them shutting down and leaving.
Of course, I can't figure out why they would want to sell, either. Verizon serves a large amount of the people living in the suburbs of Seattle. Hardly "rural". |
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