The ILEC is the carrier of last resort. The wireless carrier doesn't have to build coverage everywhere. They don't need to serve that hog barn that requires a 10,000 feet copper loop while playing $17/month. The problem is that whether the take rate for POTS is 75% or 95%, the ILEC still needs to maintain the plant, and capital expenses to maintain the plant are a killer. Either the FCC needs to release ILECs from their coverage obligations so that they can do what CLECs have done and build to the most profitable areas, or subsidize the plant for both POTS and broadband services. Frank -----Original Message----- From: Chris Adams [mailto:cmadams@hiwaay.net] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 8:48 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Telecom Collapse? Once upon a time, Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster@gmail.com> said:
I deliberated for a while on whether to send this, or not, but I figure it might be of interest to this community:
One thing doesn't make sense in that article: it talks about POTS being subsidized by other services, and people cutting POTS lines. Wouldn't that be _good_ for the companies and their other services? The way the article describes things, fewer POTS lines = smaller subsidies taken from other services = better profits for other services and the company. -- Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.