Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style

Tue Dec 21 17:47:45 UTC 2010

On 12/20/2010 8:51 PM, JC Dill wrote:
> On 20/12/10 2:15 PM, David Sparro wrote:
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>> There is no monopoly. They've already experimented with that and
>> (apparently) decided that it wasn't worth it.
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>> http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/ptech/stories/DN-verizon_17bus.State.Edition1.f7543b.html
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> Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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> Do you have any cites saying that this was actually rolled out? Or did
> the project get cut during the financial crisis, and never actually
> rolled out?
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> The issue I have with all these "cites" is that none of them are for
> services that are up and running. They are all press releases about
> something that will supposedly get built, maybe.

I still think that the link shows that the factors are more economic 
than regulatory.  As you point out, even where the regulatory obstacles 
have been overcome, it is not clear that Verizon ever actually did their 
overbuild to become a third triple-play provider.

-- 
Dave