The New York Times published and article discussing if the U.S. wireline telcos will need a bailout to rescue its copper based access business. It pointed out that AT&T lost 12 percent of its access lines in 2008 and Verizon lost 10 percent. The article paints a pictures that the wireline business in the U.S. is headed toward bankruptcy.
I have been tracking U.S. switched access lines at my website from 1991 through 2007. The FCC has stopped tracking switched access lines, so that one of its most interesting pieces of data will no longer be updated.
It is clear that copper is being replaced by the cable companies coax, by wireless technologies, and by the telco's own fiber services. The more aggressively that they deploy fiber, the better off they will be in the long run.
This is a blog that will discuss what networks and services operators will will be offering in 2020 and the eveloution to that point. It will discuss how IP, Ethernet, and fiber will be used to provide a variety of wireline and wireless voice, data, and content services. This blog will be based on opinion since it is talking about a future that is more than a decade away. I welcome opinions and comments from you, the reader, to broaden the perspective expressed.
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