[opendtv] Re: NY Times: In Verizon Strike, Blue-Collar Stress Hits the Sidewalks
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 02:20:53 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
Then why did you criticize Verizon for not continuing to deploy FIOS?
Not exactly. I criticize Verizon for selecting to deploy FiOS exclusively, as
their future for providing (how should I put it) fixed rate broadband service.
They chose the most expensive option for their future vision, and then gave up
if that wasn't going to be financially viable. I think they basically quit at
20% coverage only.
The article does point out that Verizon is more interested in wireless, but as
we've discussed before, this type of wireless-for-mobile is not a reasonable
substitute for the cabled variety of broadband, for pricing reasons. In
principle, some form of perhaps fixed-service-only wireless, priced more like
cabled broadband, could be a winner.
Why not pursue that option?
In my view, the idea of tying fixed-service-broadband to an archaic MVPD model
from decades past, as the article claims Verizon does, just does not make a lot
of sense. This is the Internet era, not the walled garden cable TV era.
Technology changes, so business models have to as well.
Bert
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