Round Two in RCN Bidding: Comcast + Verizon Tipped by fromNewton 
By Mike Farrell 11/15/2006 6:14:00 PM The auction for cable overbuilder RCN entered the second round, with several companies submitting bids including Verizon Communications and possibly Comcast. » www.multichannel.com/article/CA6···ng+News[Submitter's Note: I hope RCN stays independent!] ~fromNewton
 home
|
  MaggsPremium
join:2002-11-29
Woodside, NY | I hope they don't fire Joe and Jason If they do may Ivan not rest another day! I'll find you Ivan.
--
It's a SYN, not to ACK your packets. | |
|  | nozzer
join:2004-06-25
Waltham, MA | Re: I hope they don't fire Joe and Jason Its a depressing thought - VZ have just wired my neighborhood, so I guess they'll just trash all RCN's fiber?
I can't understand how this makes sense. At least 50% of RCN's Greater Boston customers will have FiOS available by the early part of next year (Newton, Waltham, Watertown, Belmont, Lexington, Arlington, Woburn, Framingham, Natick, Needham) - with only their Boston (Back Bay, Southie, Roslindale and W Roxbury) neighborhoods remaining non FiOS AFAICS.
The only way this could be viewed is anti competive (shut down their competitor), so hopefully the Commonwealth has some leverage, especially now the house and senate has turned blue.
| |
| | |  DareiusIt's a beautiful day in the neighborhoodPremium
join:2002-11-12
Elmhurst, NY | Re: I hope they don't fire Joe and Jason Hmm? Why would fiber be trashed when Verizon is building a fiber network? Unless RCN's fiber structure is not compliant with that of FiOS, I would think it would be reworked somehow to incorporate it into the FiOS gameplan.
I mean I do not live in Boston and FiOS is just going live here in parts of NY, but I would much rather see Verizon buy out RCN in my area and give me FiOS with what already is in my building versus Comcrap setting up any type of shop here in NYC. | |
| | | | nozzer
join:2004-06-25
Waltham, MA | Re: I hope they don't fire Joe and Jason you must have missed my comments about overlap!
Also, given that most of the effort in building the network is in splicing - i doubt theres a cost benefit in buying someone elses topology and reworking it. | |
|
| |
|
|
