January 12, 2008
Qwest bets on a fat pipe instead of IPTV or Triple Play
Qwest pretty much sat out the merger mania AT&T and Verizon engaged in, and they are making it abundantly clear they are staying out of the IPTV and triple play game as well. They are putting thier limited funds into building a big open pipe. Some investment advisers will cry foul, but I think it’s refreshingly forward thinking, especially in view of AT&T’s recent down guidance.
“We believe very much in video, and we also believe in the power of the Internet,” Poll said in an interview Thursday. “We are trying to look a little ahead. The young consumers of the future will want broadband on demand, and they are more interested in interaction and in the symmetry of the service. We have a great relationship with DirecTV [Qwest resells that service], and they have a core competency in content. What we want to be able to provide is that 20-Megabit Internet connection that is more important to the younger consumers of today. They not only don’t want a wireline phone, they also don’t want to have a TV – because they use video on demand.” (from Telephony Online)
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Goooo Fat Pipe!
Qwest pauses for cogent planning!
How times have changed! Or have they?
Was not my experience when there.
Many brillant workers let go, crud kept because of their ability to always give the uncritical “YES!” response when a more critical objective response would have benefited the company.
However, that was the Qwest way as the Qwest “leaders” satisfied themselves first and the company second.
Recently the Minneapolis, Minnesota newspaper de-listed “Q”, Qwest stock, as they no longer make their “market-capitol” criteria.