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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Because the industry needs to attract capital, which is difficult when the payback period on capital expenditures continunes to climb and hence the rate of return continues to fall.<BR>
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The incumbents love to talk about what a great quarter they had selling DSL. But very few (if any) will disclose a profit and loss or cash flow statement for their broadband services. The incumbents provide very little visibility and one reason might be the underlying picture is UGLY.<BR>
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Roderick S. Beck<BR>
Director of European Sales<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: owner-nanog@merit.edu on behalf of David Conrad<BR>
Sent: Fri 1/18/2008 11:06 PM<BR>
To: Scott McGrath<BR>
Cc: North American Network Operators Group<BR>
Subject: Re: An Attempt at Economically Rational Pricing: Time Warner Trial<BR>
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On Jan 18, 2008, at 2:00 PM, Scott McGrath wrote:<BR>
> Why does the industry as a whole keep trying to drag us back to the <BR>
> old days of Prodigy, CompuServe, AOL and really high rates per <BR>
> minute of access.<BR>
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Because they want to make more money and not be a provider of a <BR>
commodity (see: NGN)?<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
-drc<BR>
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