On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Frank Coluccio wrote: > As for Verizon going bankrupt, that's another discussion, possibly > another several discussions, entirely. If the consumer wireline side > ever did become distressed due to the misadventures of FiOS, then you > might see something occurring similar to what BT has done, shedding some > of its outside plant to competitors or independent operators, or > re-opening the unbundled loop area, or the government might even > intervene with something that is creative and transformative, for a > change. Like, supporting the creation of neutral a Loop Co framework in > partnership with municipalities. Or, the company might simply pull back > and cease its capital projects for a while. Who knows. Yeah, wouldn't that be nice.
> One thing I don't think you'll see is the cash-cow wireless side of the > business bailing out the wireline side. The company wouldn't be stupid > enough, by the time things got that bad, to throw good money after bad, > because doing so would sink both ships. Don't underestimate monopoly thinking. :) But this is all speculation. -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
