It is hysterical, absolutely!
That you could post such an article, SAGfag, that shows the positioning of the ILEC industry, particularly in local distribution
>By contrast, the giant local phone companies--SBC, Verizon, and BellSouth--look well positioned. Their local networks are costly and complicated to replicate, so they're facing relatively little competition. The local-phone giants ''own the last mile, and that's an asset that won't be duplicated,'' says Invesco's Hayward<
Now, WSTL has both of these guys as biggest customers. Number 3 is BT which is slated to a similar "action" in preserving the local loop in England next year. think they fail? Nope. Rain on flyboy,
Even Copper has a reasonable shot at the VZ biz due to NPNT installed base.
Ooh yes, Bell South? soon to be added to the fold, next qtr for WSTL. I don't know how CMTN stands there. |