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Article: Fight left in broadband; Despite growing size of giants, small firms find openings in New York market.(News)
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- Crain's New York Business
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- March 27, 2006
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Byline: Amanda Fung
Despite mounting concerns that a national consolidation in the telecom sector will leave consumers with just two providers of broadband service--the local phone and cable companies--competition in New York City is alive and well.
While companies such as AT&T--which recently announced it will snap up rival Bell South for $67 billion--bet that bulk will give them an insurmountable edge, the sheer size of the New York City market dictates another reality.
"Smaller competitors can do very well with a very small share of the market,'' observes Bob Atkinson, director of policy research at the Columbia Institute for ...