[VOIP] is a disruptive technology, ... But is it threatening the Bells? No. It's challenging the old models, not threatening the companies. |
150,000 subscribers can be considered successful for a startup. But compared to 100 million telephone users in the U.S., 150,000 isn't even a rounding error. |
AOL has tried many things over the years to solve this problem and none of them have worked. This [plan] sounds good. It's a branding solution that helps AOL remain important to the customer. AOL has to prove it works, but it could be what AOL is looking for. |
Are the phone companies going to be able to last just by stringing a line into the home? I'm not so sure. It's in everyone's best interest for the phone companies to stay in business, so we're going to have to discuss this issue and come up with a solution. |
As an industry, how do we handle this? Is it fair to have a company have a competitive advantage based on going into bankruptcy? This could force the whole industry to restructure. |
AT&T actually exited the cell phone business in its early days and had to buy its way back into wireless later. If it hadn't been broken apart, you'd never have gotten the creative juices of competition that pushed all this new technology we have today. |
AT&T is reinventing itself as a voice over IP player, |
AT&T was able to beat them to the punch. |
Atlanta Telecom Professionals is an important organization and through the years has continued to raise awareness of the importance of the telecom industry to the city of Atlanta. The addition of and continued support from high-profile executives on the Executive Advisory Board positions the organization for strong and continued growth. |
Both the telephone companies and the cable industry are gearing up to go to battle with each other. |
But better would be to find another solution and within the 30 days. While we do need to address the E911 issues, and while users need to understand the problems, cutting off their phone service is no longer an option. This is 2005, for crying out loud. |
But we have to remember redesigning a company is like changing the set at a play while the play is still on. It can be filled with quite a bit of confusion. |
Cable companies have decided to wait until there's a threat, but when there's a threat, they're going to act. For them to not raise rates is historical. |
Cable companies wanted to get into the wireless space but the other major network providers are already affiliated with wired telecommunications services providers, while Sprint is independent. |
Cable is facing competition for the first time. |