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Re: Boston Harbor is the culprit here. quote:
It's not about having cash or not having cash, it's how long will it take to make back the money. We all know Verizon has it, but they aren't a charity. If it's gonna take them 30 years to make back the money, then obviously they aren't even going to think about it, but if they have make back the install in 36 months, then they would think about it. Bottom line, no company can do a zillion dollars worth of work to install 500 customers, but you can do a few hundred thousand for 1,000's of customers.
I totally agree. It also depends on the current spending habits of customers. All in all, however, despite how some would like to make it mandatory for a company to offer a product in EVERY location, it is going to be up to the company as to when and where to offer the product and how to make it most profitable to do so.
The sole reason companies exist is to make money. SBC, Verizon, Covad, AolTw... none of those companies are in business to make sure that every person that wants a service (despite the fact that it isn't offered in certain areas) happy. They are all in business to make money. And they are going to do EVERYTHING to maximize the amount of money they can make. If it isn't profitable to make a town of 2000 people happy with DSL, it won't happen.
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