Boston Is Hub of Wired Competition

Win the Series, and everyone wants in. Verizon will be battling RCN to be the alternate choice to Comcast in Boston. Verizon has the resources, but RCN has the scrappy culture. Each could share the strengths of the other and offer much more potential to challenge the biggest in cable. As one analyst cites, there is a window to offer price breaks but if that window closes and Comcast service improves, who will bet on the overbuilder. If there is going to be wired competition, Verizon will have to show it has learned from past mistakes and really gets the kind of marketing, creative and programming choices it takes to offer video.