[BC] Dumping POTS lines (WAS:HD Radio Article)

[Ron Cole]

I doubt it, its cheeper to repair / replace than maintain.
Reducing maintenance people saves more money then network outages cost.
It all about the bottom line.

Ron


On 2/26/06, WFIFeng at aol.com <WFIFeng at aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 02/26/2006 9:40:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> robertm at broadcast.net writes:
>
> > Be aware the telcos are laying off maintenance people. In NYC it
> included
> > those who
> >  maintained the backup power.  In the blackout landline telco failed and
> > remained out long
> >  after cell service was restored.  Primarily it was heat destruction due
> to
> > lack of air
> >  conditioning due to malfunctioning generators.
>
> Have they re-hired those maint. people, yet? Did they learn their lesson?
> I
> hope so, on both counts.
>
> Willie...
>
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