| Is Covad next? Looks like the DSL market going through that attrition period.
Teleco's and Cable are tightening their grip on the market.
Since Teleco's and Cable do not rely solely on revenue from broadband, they are in a better financial position. It is ugly out there. I do hope those who lose jobs will be able to bounce back. |
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| Actually, for the telcos and cable operators, broadband is a huge cash cow. They are just spending money now to squeeze the competitors a bit, as much as the '96 Comms Act will allow. |
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Warren, NJ | said by Kangaroo:
Actually, for the telcos and cable operators, broadband is a huge cash cow. They are just spending money now to squeeze the competitors a bit, as much as the '96 Comms Act will allow.
And it ain't much of a squeeze. Telco and cable ops own the equipment, own the wires, and own the customers. Offering their existing customers DSL isn't much of an effort (or expense), relative to the hassle and cost that a CLEC must suffer. For the telcos and cable guys, it's like adding caller id or HBO to a customer's acct. The only miracle for NP, Covad, and Rhythms is that the telcos have done such a wretched job of implementing DSL. |
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Anon | reply to bandwidthlost
Will Uncle Sam intervene like he did for Chrysler many years ago? Or does he think that it would just be throwing good money after bad. Are private investor's going to get cold feet and start pulling their funding from the small DSL upstarts? Stay tuned for the next DSL Debacle. |
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| said by Privateer:
Will Uncle Sam intervene like he did for Chrysler many years ago?
No
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re private investor's going to get cold feet and start pulling their funding from the small DSL upstarts?
It's already happened. |
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