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> ...but the state is asking it to come up with a transition plan. Apparently they need to come up with some orderly plan and not just give them a nice "f-you,
by UncleEntity 8y ago
> ...but the state is asking it to come up with a transition plan.
Apparently they need to come up with some orderly plan and not just give them a nice "f-you, its been fun."
Not too sure how motivated they'll be for it to be orderly as they have zero incentive for it to be though...
- bogomipz 8y agoWell if they just abandoned it they would be leaving a lot of money on the table. They own all that cable plant, the head ends, etc. I don't think they can afford to do that.
- jessaustin 8y agoThey'll rip out anything of value, but how valuable is installed coax? Wouldn't it be cheaper just to leave that in place?
- bogomipz 8y agoIts FTTN - fiber to the node and then coax from the node to the home. Fiber and coax running to nearly every home or neighborhood in a state is quite valuable.
- jessaustin 8y agoIt's valuable to someone with the right to use it where it's already installed. It doesn't seem like something that can be removed and reused, however. Perhaps there will be some sort of down-to-the-wire negotiation between Spectrum and whoever the next anointed turns out to be? "If you don't pay us the first installment on Friday, we'll start tearing out fiber on Monday!" This scenario illustrates the insanity of municipalities selling franchises that include ownership of the networks. They didn't have to do that. Since we'll never need more than fiber, they shouldn't do that ever again.
- bogomipz 8y agoI really don't think Spectrum will be the party that's negotiating from a position of power here.