Top 10 Service Providers on the Cutting Edge
A pledge to offer the telecom industry valuable information and insight can't be taken seriously without making a serious statement, and of course, the best way to do that is to start an argument. Our claim to be fierce wouldn't be worth much if we weren't willing to say who in the telecom industry we believe to be fierce--who best blends technology innovation, aggressive strategic thinking and organizational ambition into a potent, cutting-edge telecom cocktail.
So, herein, we present FierceTelecom's Top 10 Service Providers on the Cutting Edge. No specific qualifications were needed to make this list, only an intriguing balance of accomplishments, attitude and ambition to give us reason to believe each of these companies will be hard to beat in the future. All of these service providers are wireline-oriented, but offer multiple types of services.
Lastly, you can't make a list of 10 cutting-edge service providers without considering that more than 10 deserve that distinction--and without acknowledging that you'll hear from at least 10 more who are outraged they didn't make the cut. So, consider this one observer's opinion at a given point in time. Let us know who's on your list, too.
Here they are in no particular order (well, actually alphabetical order, but don't read too much into that), along with five more honorable mentions:
1. AT&T
2. BT
3. Chibardun Telephone Cooperative
4. Embarq
5. FastWeb
6. Korea Telecom
7. Pioneer Telephone
8. Surewest
9. Time Warner Telecom
10. Verizon
And... Honorable Mentions
Comments
Posted by Anonymous | November 2, 2007 - 6:47pm
Its funny how a C-LEC can get faster response time out of a Verizon tech than Verizon can itself.
Posted by Anonymous | November 1, 2007 - 9:36pm
It may be that there are some places in this country where Verizon is on of the top ten in Service. Just don't ask those who live and work in rural America, or who have spent over 40 hours on the phone trying to get them to repair two line phone system and one of them on DSL when their switching and field service building is less than 200 feet from your location.
There is more to being "Top Ten" in any field than that which is generally considered. I know it is difficult not to rely on press releases and corporate statements to find the companies that temporarily rate as the highest. But give me a break, Verizon with their overloaded, understaffed, phone and cell phone mess, would not even be in the top 100 if looked at in a journalistic view.
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