On 10/14/2015 12:41 PM, notbob wrote:
On 2015-10-14, Don Y wrote:

Sooner or later, they'll lose all their POTS subscribers and all of
that buried copper/fiber will sit WASTED!

Lotsa areas are dropping POTS jes so they CAN abandon all that "buried
copper/fiber" in lieu of cellphones.

Sure. But, now you've got an asset that you've valued at $0 -- the
same as your CELLPHONE competitors! I.e., you've traded away the
liability *and* the asset!

(there's no other "game in town" for landlines; but LOTS of them
for cell phones!)