http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/08/14/verizon-pushes-forward-with-ftth/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:38:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/08/14/verizon-pushes-forward-with-ftth/#comment-1708 Stephen Hayward Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:07:18 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1699#comment-1708 Remember when Bell labs was associated with a Telco. Then you saw the behaviour you describe. It is hard to bring R&D in house at the same time as driving costs out of your organization with a broad brush. Remember when Bell labs was associated with a Telco. Then you saw the behaviour you describe. It is hard to bring R&D in house at the same time as driving costs out of your organization with a broad brush.

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/08/14/verizon-pushes-forward-with-ftth/#comment-1707 DG Lewis Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:39:11 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1699#comment-1707 The US carriers used to have an R&D consortium that developed innovative products and standards for its members (who were also its owners) - it was called Bellcore. Gradually the RBOCs decided they'd prefer to do their own R&D, and pulled more and more funding away from Bellcore, to the point where they decided to sell it off. The US carriers used to have an R&D consortium that developed innovative products and standards for its members (who were also its owners) - it was called Bellcore. Gradually the RBOCs decided they'd prefer to do their own R&D, and pulled more and more funding away from Bellcore, to the point where they decided to sell it off.

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