Reading the patents and the comments written here, I couldn't resist and had to make this comment (ouch it's Sunday again): We should patent dugy style, and when Sprint screws Verizon from the back, sue them both for patent infringement.
On 10/7/05, Rich Adamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I wouldn't think anyone would consider Sprint a dying company. They just > > acquired Nextel so they've got money to spend. > > > > Maybe as an ILEC (which they are here in Ohio) they are viewing Vonage > > and Voiceglo as a force that needs to be stopped to prevent further > > eroding of their POTS network. I know that I cost SBC money when I > > dropped them for Vonage. They aren't getting the $$ for that line > > installed to my home anymore. (Which makes me downright giddy when I > > think about it.) Imagine if my whole neighborhood switched after SBC had > > built-out facilities... that would cost SBC a lot of money. They put > > those POTS lines in counting on them being active and producing income > > for a long time. Even if service is provided by a CLEC, the line makes > > money for the ILEC. But if the line is switched off before the payoff > > horizon, they lose money. > > Having been in the telephony business for a long time (and know a number > of Sprint Corp employees), all telco's in the US are loosing lines (and > associated revenue) primarily to Cellular, and a small amount to the > Vonage-type services including those in the local cable business. > > Sprint's documents prior to the vote to merge with Nextel indicated > their intent was to spin off the local telco's, with the longer range > intent of selling them or trading for other non-telco properties. > Two large US communications companies reportedly are interested in > discussing such deals with Sprint/Nextel. > > The merger with Nextel is suppose to be creating a very competitive > cellular business, with lots of economies to be gained from consolidating > tower space/rental (duplicate facilities on the same tower in many > locations) and from duplicate staffs. > > Sprint's long distance sub was basically converted to voip a long time > ago, but that LD network was managed as a closed/internal network that > most customers had no direct access to. That network still exists, but > its primarily carrying internal traffic including PCS cellular traffic. > You can guess what it will be used for with the merged PCS and Nextel > facilities. > > Their stated intent includes the delivery of other digital services > to customers, but they've not tipped their hat (publicly) as to what > those services might consist of just yet. Obviously, their customer > base will look completely different then what it is today, and will > likely be focused on a much larger population after the local telco > spin off. > > As a consulting group, our company has been working with several smaller > telcos. Some already have the fiber facilities in place (even in their > largely rural serving areas) to provide digital tv signals to every > single customer. The majority are also deploying voip to any of their > customers that want it. And, a few are waiting for the WiMax stuff > to settle down before they deploy that as well. (The smaller telcos > are far more nibble then the big 10.) > > Rich > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users