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| government plan the federal government underwrote the first buildout upon which primarily telcos benefitted from in the first wave. then the cable companies jumped on the bandwagon. the third wave is a morphing wireless industry which constantly has new minority players, mvnos and partnerships & expanding coverage (in addition to new technology involving broadband, finally).
government needs to keep track of the goal. however, the competing interests will fight hard to protect their profits. the most obvious big 3 are at&t, verizon & comcast. putting money in to help qwest build ftth will ruffle Comcast's feathers. The same could be said for putting a competitive wireless network in place where Verizon plans on pushing it's next gen services in state's where it's selling it's wireline business such as West Virginia, Illinois, & Washington-- & so on..
the main question ends up being.. will the fed roll over & just hand the money over to incumbents & hope for the best.. even with red tape strapped to each billion? OR risk a whole lot of lobbying [aka money] & pressure to keep taxpayer funds from shaving their profit margins? |
