Recording the Shifts Unfolding Before Us
[ Hey, El Matador, you may be right ... with thanks to Charles Jackson on the cybertelecom list ]
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Interesting statistics
The FCC/State Joint Board has just published its annual report. See
hraunfoss.fcc.gov
Below is selected information from table 1.3
Total Revenue by Service Provider Category
2001 2002 2003
Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers $117,885 $114,990
$109,480
Competitors of ILECs $14,781 $15,309 $16,857
Wireless Telephony $71,887 $78,568 $88,168
Toll Service Providers $93,702 $80,934 $74,920
Total Telecommunications Revenues $301,799 $292,341 $292,341
Key point. ILECS are declining, CLECs are growing, and wireless is booming.
Growth from 2001 to 2003, ILECS -7%; CLECs: +14%, wireless: +23%
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"There are many useful numbers in that report and it bears some study. For
example, the unseparated NTS revenue requirement per loop for South Park
Telephone company in Colorado (not a joke, see page 3-333) is $3,665.19 and
Sandwich Isles Telco's NTS cost is a whopping $8,071.13/year (page 3-334).
In contrast, the annual NTC cost for Verizon-District of Columbia is $115.65
(page 3-333, bottom of the page)."
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