The Gamble too little too late, destroyed plant makes Prism flounder in it beginnings
https://stopthecap.com/2011/02/16/centurylink-invests-to-reinvent-themselves-prism-iptv25mbps-service-arrives/
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@ZwWhYy1-ibv Some people need to be hit in the noggin to see the forest through the trees. You see the point being illustrated here , Is that our corporate leaders put all the eggs in the basket with prism. They blew their wad so to speak. It was all or nothing, it was the future of CTL...…..
ff 7 short years. Prism is a Bust, a dismal failure !! The all in effort to save the company, and be a major competitor failed . Leaving the limping wireline with its D--k in the dirt. The company spent sh-- tons of cash on Prism and MAXX both failed dismally the copper is cooked . and so is our residential "broadband" as we call it these days
We missed the boat when Qwest merged, we have TV in Highlands Ranch and Arizona, if we would have developed it we would be a leader in the streaming industry now and may have been in diorect competition with Comcast Alas we didn't and Comcast and Disney have bought networks, copy rights, and everything else associated to monopolize that aspect of communication.
Same with Cell, we had towers, they were analog, if I remember it was 10,000 per tower to convert them digital, we sold them mostly to Verizon who did convert them and the rest is history.
At that time Nacchio was too busy trying to buy all the fiber in the Railroad right of way from his Father In law.
Ok...... Nice super old articles. We all knew video was a dumb idea when prism was released the same time streaming services were taking a foothold. So I guess, thanks for the cool story bro.
still sliding all the way to the bottom
https://stopthecap.com/2018/04/10/centurylink-ends-prism-tv-service-expansion/