Qwest finally gets the message and starts investing in fiber. We should be applauding this! Why is there so much sympathy for yet another company that didn't get the memo to start building its own network?
Because in most cases the poles are filled past safe capacity!
The power companies got there first, then the telcos and finally the cablecos. There hasn't been any capacity on the phone poles in most cities since the late 1970s-LONG BEFORE the WWW was a glimmer in anyone's thoughts.
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