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authored and published in 1989 while he was NITCO's general
manager, Kyle was of the view that the installation of fiber
optic cable in residences by local telephone companies was not
then economically feasible. His paper estimated that using fiber
optic cables to provide "plain old telephone service" to
individual homes, at that time, would cost from $4,000 to $10,000
per residential customer.
Respondent offered the expert witness report of Dr. Charles
L. Jackson and Dr. Jeffrey H. Rohlfs, each of whom has had
extensive experience in the telecommunications industry. Dr.
Jackson is an engineer with 25 years of experience in the
computer and telecommunications industry. He has worked as a
consultant for the past 13 years. Dr. Rohlfs is an economist
with over 20 years experience in the telecommunications industry.
He worked for 14 years at Bell Labs where he became a department
head for economic modeling research and subsequently has worked
for the last 10 years as a consultant.
Drs. Jackson and Rohlfs were of the opinion that, as of
1989, vast uncertainty existed about the future cost and
availability of systems that would provide fiber connections to
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brief, petitioners state that they are not contending that "NITCO
* * * sought to provide wideband (video) services in 1987 to
1989, only that it saw a need * * * to provide video services in
the mid to late 1990s to meet the threat of competition from
cable companies."
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