Outgoing Qwest CEO, James Noteabart, stated that Qwest would not pursue a video strategy similar to Verizon's FiOS or ATT's U-verse under Qwest's next CEO: "Why in the world would you go do that and incur all that expense when you've got YouTube and the direction the world is heading and can still do the broadcast model with more HD than anywhere else with DirecTV. I can't find any logic for us doing it."
Qwest was an IPTV pioneer under Joseph Naccho and implemented a large trial in Phoenix and another outside Denver. Both trials are still in operation and appear to support well over 50 thousand subscribers.
It is not clear what Qwest's future will be without an aggressive fiber broadband plan similar to ATT's or Verizon's. Its wireline business is shrinking and its long haul business is in a highly competitive market place.
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