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Viable Alternative to Fiber

Carol Wilson reported on what is could be Richard Notebaert's last Qwest earnings call. In that report, Notebaert has a quote about Qwest's strategy regarding video services.

“Quite candidly, the team I work with here looks at those investments,” Notebaert told industry analysts. “With DirecTV, they have a new box that integrates high-speed Internet access at 20-Meg or even a 10-Meg line into broadcast model from satellite. It doesn’t matter whether it is on FiOS or the broadcast model in satellite -- why in the world would you go do that and incur all that expense when … you can still do the broadcast model with more HD than anybody else has got with DirecTV.”

With that quote, Notebaert either makes a great case for NOT putting all that fiber in the ground ( ala most developing countries who skipped over upgraded POTS for wireless coverage ) or shows exactly how far behind Qwest is in its upgraded capacity planning.

I'll let history be the judge.... ;)

NOTE - Andy Vuong is reporting that, while this might have been Notebaert's last Qwest earnings call, it may not be his last earnings call....

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