DON.KIMBERLIN@p6.f889.n106.z1.fidonet.org (DON KIMBERLIN) (01/14/90)
PM>Subj: MARKET SURVEYS Conf: (26) Cosuard
PM>Your reactions?
..Peter, the moneys and effort Telcos put into surveying its market are
far more than most people realize...and they can cover anything.
..Years ago, when I was a mobile phone subscriber around NYC, I was
"interviewed"one day for NINETY minutes by a NJ Bell researcher, and the
drift was that NJ Bell was absolutely paranoid that CB radios might
displace mobile phones! They wanted to know if we just wouldn't wait
around for ten years or so till they got cellular going!
(And, of course, that allgoes into the "expense" account of the Telco in
its rate base! How nice to have a cost-plus contract with the general
public, and no effective auditors, as we like to think utility
commissions are!)
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