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Technology Stocks : LAST MILE TECHNOLOGIES - Let's Discuss Them Here
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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (2168)10/16/1998 12:51:00 PM
From: Doughboy  Read Replies (1) of 12823
 
My two cents on Qwest and how Telcos can do long distance. Qwest is a player now because US West and Ameritech thought that they could surreptitiously provide long distance service through a joint marketing scheme with Qwest. That's what the FCC stopped. When the ILECs themselves get approval to do long distance (which your question assumes), then Qwest is a less valuable asset to the ILECs. Whatever value Qwest and Sprint have to the ILECs is their marketing muscle, not their facilities. I don't think the cost of interexchange facilities are that great for the ILECs. In fact, many regulators suspect that they have already built huge excess capacity precisely because they were getting ready to hit the ground running on long distance. Qwest and Sprint are certainly candidates for takeover when the ILECs get Telecom Act approval but not because of their facilities.

Doughboy.
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