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Yes, exactly. A next gen telco will simply use the infrastructure that is already there. No need to re-invent the wheel. It is paid off and profitable. All the
by orangethirty 13y ago
Yes, exactly. A next gen telco will simply use the infrastructure that is already there. No need to re-invent the wheel. It is paid off and profitable. All the next-gen telco needs to do is simply open it through APIs. That would allow them to circumvent a lot of the issues with doing a completely new telco from the gound up.
- josh2600 13y agoYeah, I don't know if I agree with that. There's a whole web of glass and conduit that has to be maintained. Someone still has to link all of those nodes together. Twilio can consume the application business, but I'd be surprised to see them consume the core infrastructure.
- orangethirty 13y agoThat's what the infrastructure owner will do. It might be the old telcos, it might be the government, or even a new type of utility company. The infrastructure will be maintained. Though the new type of telco can operate with the old ones. They will simply buy them out.
- josh2600 13y agoI don't know if you've noticed, but AT&T has a $200B market cap... Twilio isn't going to be buying them out anytime soon... I disagree with the concept of the government taking over the Telco grid; that's not going to happen in the US.
- orangethirty 13y agoI meant AT&T or other buying twilio. In terms ogf government, the auto bailouts set a precedent for others to follow.