Just a speculation ..
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Even those companies that have a heavy presence in rural areas (CenturyLink), refuse to do more than is necessary. In most cases, they don't even supply broadband (based on latest FCC definition). Want gig service? That'll be $1300 a month! Fiber is a non-starter unless you have seriously deep pockets and ~$30K (1/2 mile install). Most people I know in these areas are waiting for services like Starlink to come online. Having what we hope is "real" competition from space, might make terrestrial companies take notice and try and compete. They might just go out of business too.
Long story short, that won't happen. If that ever gets close to it it'll happen through increased rates and attrition/churn but eventually the company would make the customers an offer they can't refuse, to go away, after our efforts at providing poor customer service fails.
One would think with all of the $ T got from the government from the USF to extend fiber out to the rural areas, T would have a huge leg up on deploying HSIA.
They’ve already all but abandoned rural areas. No CAPEX in years. Just letting the rural network die off.
My Mom will buy it for a dollar
No. This is a base for project AIRGIG. (internet over(above) the power lines.
It’s going to be interesting to see how much of a impact will be felt as they turn up all of the spectrum. Grew up in a rural area and service can be spotty. Will folks maintain cell and wireline services if some of those issues disappear? Even if someone was looking at taking it off of our hands, they wouldn’t do it knowing that by this time next year there is a good chance that whatever wireline services left could be taking a big hit.
I think they will hold on to it,since there are millions in government dollars to expand broadand to rural areas.
I believe the local loop(regulated copper) at some point in time will have to be government subsidized if the government is going to require the ilecs to keep minimum/last resort/no other option service to customers.
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Frontier is the one that buys all the garbage plant.
When Stankey was in charge of strategy his assignment was to spin off unprofitable an low growth assets. He instead decided to keep rural and landline and his logic was a bigger base to sell other growth products to. He's not very intelligent when it comes to strategy or operations which is why Elliott Management wants him out along with Stephenson
This has been speculation for years. Nobody is going to buy. Frontier isn't in a position to pick up our rural areas and the various PUCs probably won't allow it.
The only folks that would maybe buy AT&T’s declining assets are a private equity firm/ hedge fund. I doubt even they will at this point. More likely att will just have to write that sector of the business off at some point. Close operations down and get the tax write off. We’re still a few years from that though
Who will buy?