James Enck has just posted annualized rates of landline attrition for several ILECs. The numbers are shocking. Attrition has doubled in the first half of this year, with some US states seeing annualized rates as high as 16%. I’ve previously written about this in the context of Bell Canada and CRTC policy, but it looks as if we have finally reached the tipping point. We may be witnessing the global collapse of the incumbent telecom monopolies.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
