Wireless will never be a complete substitute for wireline, and...
Wireless will never be a complete substitute for wireline, and commercial agreements signed as part of the proposed spectrum sales from SpectrumCo and Cox to Verizon Wireless will be bad for competition, Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen said…
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in a meeting with Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel. “Given the inherent physical limits of wireless spectrum, wired networks play a critical role in alleviating the looming spectrum crunch,” Cohen said, according to an ex parte filing (http://xrl.us/bncb4m). “Mr. Cohen noted that the joint marketing agreements would allow Verizon Wireless to sell cable’s broadband, video, and voice telephony services in direct competition to Verizon’s own FiOS service. By turning former competitors into partners, the joint marketing agreements will eliminate the incentive for Verizon Communications, the majority owner of Verizon Wireless, to continue aggressive marketing and build-out of its FiOS network. This would leave many communities in the Verizon footprint, including Boston, Baltimore, Buffalo, [N.Y.,] Albany, [N.Y.,] Syracuse [N.Y.,] and others, on the wrong side of the digital divide.”