Telcos were struggling to make money from broadband services.

各家电信公司那时正努力通过宽带业务赢利。

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While we had plenty of technology experience, we knew little about telcos.

尽管我们拥有丰富的技术经验，但对于电信却是知之甚少。

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Aside from some corporate networks, dumb pipes are what the world wants from telcos.

除了一些公司网络以外，哑巴管道才是这个世界从电信服务商那里获得的服务。

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Gros says he has already met with 12 telcos to discuss the specific terms of these forward contracts.

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Further, the telcos have given up on that business for an even better one.

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The bubble years saw an immense build-out of fiber-optic capacity as telcos new and old--Worldcom!

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