TKJunkMail
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4 edits |  What is difference: new plant & overbuilding
Last year Verizon began laying new plant (not overbuilding) in select AT&T territories If Verizon is laying new plant in AT&T U-Verse area, isn't that overbuilding? A distinction was made. What is the difference?
This story says Verizon is overbuilding:
»www.onetrak.com/ShowArticle.aspx···upport=1
Verizon has begun an overbuild of AT&T in the Dallas suburbs, extending its FiOS service northward from Plano into Frisco and Allen, areas where both AT&T (U-verse) and Time Warner Cable offer video services.
Based on a reading of the maps AT&T and Verizon have filed with the state PUC, the current overbuild appears to cover roughly 60,000 homes. Frisco counts 30,000 occupied homes and Allen 25,000 occupied homes. Same here: »www.telecompetitor.com/node/671--
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baineschile
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Sterling Heights, MI | I believe he means that they are laying fiber in an area they did not have copper (pots and dsl) before. |
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ashworth
join:2001-10-06
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An overbuild usually refers to the incumbent carrier "overbuilding" THEIR lines or some company like RCN that does an overbuild on existing structure and/or plant. The 1st article you referred to is that VZ is "overbuilding" in Texas where U-Verse is offered which isn't really an overbuild... just competition. |
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hottboiinnc
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| RCN is considered an overbuilder because they over built a network. They overbuilt an area where Comcast or TWC or who ever else was the main provider previously.
Overbuilding and building out a new plant in an previously unserved area by one company would mean the same thing. |
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vmanu2
join:2008-11-29
Frisco, TX | reply to baineschile
Thats right.I've seen guys digging trenchs and laying fiber about 2 blocks south of where I live.I've noticed little flags popping up on my block.So,it should'nt be much longer.  |
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john q public
@verizon.net | reply to hottboiinnc
newplant means exactly that verizon is laying lines (fiber) where they have never had a network at all so new plant is brand new network for verizon only
overlay is laying (fiber) over existing verizon network (old copper lines) pots |
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mystryfiostk
join:2008-07-17
00000 | reply to TKJunkMail
if verizon were to build a traditional copper pots network in at&t territory then it'd be considered an overbuild. |
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