Sprint Calls AT&T, Verizon's Bluff on Telecom Investment
AT&T and Verizon will continue to invest in networks
No matter what the outcome will be, AT&T and Verizon will continue to invest in their networks. They will not simply let their entire business decay with attrition leaving their shareholders with a bankrupt company. Those companies are simply trying to stack the deck in their favor to try and find a new revenue stream.
If you ask most companies who are not network operators if data is a utility or a luxury for the company, and how successful the company could be if that resource was not available, they would definitely say it is a utility. If you ask a 911 dispatch center if VoIP is important for public safety (as many phone options are now), they will confirm that data is a utility, taking over where POTS was discontinued and integrat...
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If you ask most companies who are not network operators if data is a utility or a luxury for the company, and how successful the company could be if that resource was not available, they would definitely say it is a utility. If you ask a 911 dispatch center if VoIP is important for public safety (as many phone options are now), they will confirm that data is a utility, taking over where POTS was discontinued and integrat...
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No matter what the outcome will be, AT&T and Verizon will continue to invest in their networks. They will not simply let their entire business decay with attrition leaving their shareholders with a bankrupt com
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Politics
"Sprint does not see Title II reclassification as a problem. "
I bet if the political makeup of Congress was different, Sprint may not be singing this song.
I bet if the political makeup of Congress was different, Sprint may not be singing this song.
Agreed. Sprint sees any blow to its larger competition as a good thing.
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