said by N3OGH:"..Running fiber to the node would be short sighted, and would run Verizon straight into bankruptcy. By the time they invested the money into all that FTTN and copper interface, they would still be stuck with eventually running FTTP..."
This does a good job of describing AT&Ts Uverse depoyment. Too short term, higher cost of deployment (then expected) partally due to not enough spare pairs; the 26 gauge wiring does not help either. The limited coverage availablity for the service areas is detrimental to who can get service (more coverage= more people who could possibly get service.). 
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