Yup. If they no longer have to provide copper service to everyone and can run fiber to the neighborhoods where they want to and their leased towers, and provide 5G to everybody else... Why not? (Their POV) On Feb 18, 2016 6:24 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> In multiple states RBOCs have asked regulators for permission to stop > serving areas. > > -----Original Message----- From: Josh Reynolds > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 4:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] AT&T giving up on UVerse > > Yeah, but it costs them a shitton to maintain that old copper as well. > > Basically what I heard is that they wanted to get away from cooper and > POTS all together, and strictly do fiber to their towers, (some) > residential fiber, and 5G. > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Chuck Hogg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well...there's $500M in support a year that counters that ;) >> >> Regards, >> Chuck >> >> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 5:14 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> I don't know if there's any truth to it, but I keep hearing they want >>> to get out of wireline all together. >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Chuck Hogg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > They are giving up on U-Verse because they bought DirecTV...not because >>> > they >>> > are getting out of the business. If you haven't seen their marketing, >>> > they >>> > are pushing all of their U-Verse customers to DirecTV. >>> > >>> > Regards, >>> > Chuck >>> > >>> > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Sterling Jacobson >>> > <[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> >> >>> >> This is what I think. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Unless interactive TV as such becomes super popular, its probably best >>> >> to >>> >> just let the Sat people carry on with the ‘outdated’ broadcast bundle >>> >> method. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> The future really lies in content direct to consumer IMO. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> This is why Hulu, Amazon, Netflix are buying rights and creating their >>> >> own >>> >> content. >>> >> >>> >> I think they know that eventually they too will transform into just a >>> >> content provider. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Their delivery model will become commoditized and standardized to the >>> >> point there is little or no money in being the ‘Plex’ of the internet. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Another reason why Comcast isn’t going anywhere any time soon. >>> >> >>> >> That conglomerate has too much content and too many eyeballs to evolve >>> >> properly, lol! >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rory Conaway >>> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 8:23 AM >>> >> To: [email protected] >>> >> Subject: [AFMUG] AT&T giving up on UVerse >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> https://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATTs-Giving-Up-on-UVerse-Television-136300 >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Rory Conaway • Triad Wireless • CEO >>> >> >>> >> 4226 S. 37th Street • Phoenix • AZ 85040 >>> >> >>> >> 602-426-0542 >>> >> >>> >> [email protected] >>> >> >>> >> www.triadwireless.net >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of >>> >> comfort or convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge or >>> >> controversy” – Martin Luther King >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> >> >> >> >
