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Who says the Bells aren't spending?

By Jim Duffy and Michael Martin , Network World , 03/10/2003
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Capital spending by North American carriers this year - expected to be $30 billion - might be only half that of 2001, but the four regional Bell operating companies will invest nearly three-quarters of those dollars on potentially lucrative data services to replace eroding voice revenue.

The Bells' plans call for building nationwide backbones and points of presence to enter a long-distance market opened to them as they met demands of government regulations. Services on tap range from IP VPNs and IP Centrex to basic long-distance.

"These buildouts are as much defensive as offensive," says Thomas Nolle, president of consultancy CIMI. "By 2005 or 2006, voice will not be capable of funding the public network."

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