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| Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 13:23:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Neal McLain <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Government Report: No High Speed Broadband Competition
Message-ID: <f9216bad-4a3a-41e9-9abb-1bedc454514a@googlegroups.com>
On Sunday, December 28, 2014 10:32:33 AM UTC-6, Bill Horne wrote:
> Government Report: No High Speed Broadband Competition:
> Blame AT&T, Verizon & CenturyLink's Two Decades of Broken
> Promises.
The cited report states seven conclusions, one of which is:
> This has allowed the cable companies to have a monopoly
> for broadband and cable service in most of the country,
> or even in the markets where there are two providers, a
> duopoly. All of this means no competition to lower
> prices.
Once again I ask my long-standing question: Does building two wireline
networks really promote lower retail prices?
In my experience it costs a lot of money to build a wireline network.
Overbuilding an existing wireline network would cost *at least as much* -- and
probably more than the cost of building the first network. In a previous
(2004) T-D post I wrote an extensive post addressing this issue:
"Re: Verizon Cable TV?" 5 posts by 4 authors. 8/22/04.
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.dcom.telecom/H4fIsd8EY38/gpIFUQ60RtIJ
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http://tinyurl.com/pzsjjeb
In this report I cited three reasons to justify my argument:
1. Simple economics.
2. Buried-cable construction costs.
3. Franchise requirements.
But even if the cost of the second network were the same as the first network,
it should be obvious that the total capital investment to build two networks
would be double the investment to build one network.
Yet the number of potential subscribers would remain the same, so each
company's potential subscriber base would be reduced. If, for example, each
company got 50% of the subscribers, its total revenue would be only half of
the total. In short, each company's ROI would be cut in half.
I simply don't understand how this situation would result in lower retail
prices.
Neal McLain
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| Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 23:02:16 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon has started shutting down its 3G network
Message-ID: <m87pjf$5g4$1@dont-email.me>
Verizon has started shutting down its 3G network
by Ryan Whitwam
It's the beginning of the end for 3G networks in the US. Verizon, a
carrier that once touted its supremacy in 3G coverage, has started
switching it off. In place of its 3G network, Verizon will expand 4G LTE
coverage, which has been its main push since the first locations went
online back in 2010. If you're still relying on Big Red's 3G network,
you might be looking at a device upgrade before long.
Verizon's LTE network started out in the 700MHz block C range, but has
since been expanded to AWS 1700/2100. Verizon calls this XLTE, but
that's just a marketing term - it's just another LTE frequency to
increase bandwidth. The 3G network runs on 1900 and 850MHz, and is used
for both voice and 3G data known as EV-DO. While EV-DO has a theoretical
max of 3.1Mbps, Verizon has been diverting backhaul to the 4G network
for years. You're lucky to get more than a few hundred kilobits on
Verizon's 3G anymore.
http://www.geek.com/mobile/verizon-has-started-shutting-down-its-3g-network-1610986/
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http://goo.gl/XpCUJs
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Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
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| Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 22:49:36 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon Shells Out $1.3 Million to settle overcharging claim
Message-ID: <m87orn$3cu$1@dont-email.me>
Verizon Shells Out $1.3 Million to Resolve Allegations That It
Overcharged [Massachusetts]
by Hannah Sparks
Verizon New England Inc. paid more than $1.3 million to settle a
lawsuit pending in Hampshire Superior Court alleging that it
overcharged the Commonwealth for phone services, the Attorney
General's Office said Tuesday.
Between September 2006 and October 2012, the AG contends that Verizon
invoiced some of its state contract customers for items and services
including local calling usage, regional toll service, flat rate
business lines, flat rate trunks, and business listings at a higher
rate than the statewide procurement contract allowed.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/12/30/verizon-shells-out-million-resolve-allegations-that-overcharged-the-state/b01HUopcD6gNON3A9Z3BWL/story.html
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http://goo.gl/Q3xXF2
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Bill Horne
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| Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 23:11:33 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: CenturyLink confirms outage
Message-ID: <m87q4s$6oo$1@dont-email.me>
CenturyLink confirms outage
by Rachel Huber
A brief phone outage in the Jacksonville area seems to have gone mostly
unnoticed by area businesses.
A piece of equipment in a local Century Link office caused problems for
customers using land lines in the city for about an hour starting around
9 a.m. Friday (December 26), said Derek Kelly, market development
manager at CenturyLink. About half of the Jacksonville residents that
use CenturyLink were affected.
http://www.jdnews.com/jdnewstream/centurylink-confirms-outage-1.417916
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Bill Horne
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| Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 22:58:33 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Scammers Targeting Verizon Wireless Users
Message-ID: <m87pcf$4m7$1@dont-email.me>
Scammers Targeting Verizon Wireless Users
by Ali Ingersoll
STATE COLLEGE, Centre County (Pennsylvania) -- Scammers are calling
Verizon customers and asking them to take a quick survey then stealing
their personal information.
David Morgan who is the regional manager at Wireless Made Simple says
their first customer came in a few days ago at their Johnstown location.
Since then, around 30 customers have called or visited the three
Wireless Made Simple [stores that] Morgan oversees.
http://www.wearecentralpa.com/story/d/story/scammers-targeting-verizon-wireless-users/24754/uDHVallu1UCLkZfc0iOgzw
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http://goo.gl/UjGX24
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Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
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