said by BF69:said by en102:at&t isn't meant to compete with FiOS... Verizon and at&t don't service the same area.
In the whole purpose of statewide franchising AT&T is pushing is so that MORE company's can service an area? If statewide franchising passes in my state why COULDN'T Verizon come in? Since I'm stuck with AT&T I guess I'll have to move to get FIOS then. Funny how Verizon can provide me cell service but somehow are prevented from providing FIOS.
They could provide service, if they thought they could make a profit at it. But they would have to consider how much business they could steal from the entrenched local telco and local cable and then consider the costs of building infrastructure from scratch. Most times, they couldn't get enough customers to make a profit.
