The long-distance industry is not a very happy place to be. There's a large influx of competition from the Baby Bells and the trend of wireless and e-mail replacing traditional phones is continuing.
Quotes about long-distance (16 Quotes)
He's got to focus on integrating the business units of ATT, on integrating the services so you can go to a consumer and say, 'We're not just your long-distance service. We want to be your Internet provider, your satellite services and, eventually, your local service,' ... The magic of the bundle is what every phone company is going after.
For a long time we watched the long-distance companies take it on the chin but the Baby Bells held their own. All of a sudden we're seeing the Baby Bells touched by the same pressures.
The Baby Bells are a better investment than the long-distance companies. I wouldn't be putting new money into ATT.
While our total revenue reflects the impact of the industry-wide decline in long-distance voice, we are growing revenue in Business Data and IP services and our Broadband business by nearly 14 percent,
We train like a track team. We do zero long-distance work. Everything is interval work 30 to 40-yard sprints. That's as long as you'll ever run on a basketball floor.
I have to give Hundt credit for recognizing the changed competitive landscape since 1997. Long-distance has largely been cannibalized by the rise of rigorous wireless competition and flat-rate nationwide calling plans. The Internet is everywhere, which means IP-enabled calling is a new threat to the old players. And the old Bell copper empire has now become a copper cage they are fighting their way out of.
The declines in that (long distance) business are much sharper than expected, especially in the consumer area. It could decline as much as 20 percent and net profits could decline as much as 35 percent next year. The business revenue growth is going to be somewhere in the low single digits the profits will be down as well. The positive thing that came out today is the break-up. I think that will create value. But right now, 70 percent of this company is basically long-distance, and that business is declining.
I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications. Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional level, you're really connecting.
We, U S West, are not allowed to be in the long-distance business today. But we wanted to make sure that we could bring the benefits of services of companies like Qwest to our customers.
Our business, along with others in the industry, continues to feel the impact of declines in long-distance voice revenue,
There's no question that there was an enormous exaggeration of the benefits of the new fee agreement that hid substantial rate increases at a time when the long-distance companies themselves are getting significant cost savings.
I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications.
The consumer long-distance sector is viewed as an albatross for all of the long distance carriers these days. ATT is not the only one considering such an action.
Once we get into the groove, we're kind of like long-distance runners - that adrenalin kicks in for me and I just keep running - and I don't stop!
In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.