MtnSierraSprint Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-16/at-t-verizon-named-in-u-s-probe-of-20-billion-data-market "Competing companies that need to rent the high-speed lines for their customers’ traffic, such as Sprint Corp. and Level 3 Communications Inc., have told the FCC they’re unfairly locked into long-term contracts and face large early termination fees." Ed McFadden, a spokesman for Verizon, said the plans “have been in place for years...." I am curious what specifically the high-speed lines are that they are talking about. I assume it is backhaul, but I thought Level 3 provided backhaul to the wireless carriers and certainly provides it for Verizon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkyeager Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-16/at-t-verizon-named-in-u-s-probe-of-20-billion-data-market "Competing companies that need to rent the high-speed lines for their customers’ traffic, such as Sprint Corp. and Level 3 Communications Inc., have told the FCC they’re unfairly locked into long-term contracts and face large early termination fees." Ed McFadden, a spokesman for Verizon, said the plans “have been in place for years...." I am curious what specifically the high-speed lines are that they are talking about. I assume it is backhaul, but I thought Level 3 provided backhaul to the wireless carriers and certainly provides it for Verizon. I also wonder about the delays for new service with the four named firms: AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Frontier Communications Corp. and CenturyLink Inc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnwk Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I think Sprint is referring to those T1 backhauls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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