Verizon May Reach 80% FiOS Penetration > But what happens to rural customers offloaded to others

reply to matcarl

Re: But what happens to rural customers offloaded to others

It is misleading. The title reads "80% of Verizon's remaining customers may get fios." The 80% will already exist. The title makes it seem like 80% of those who don't have it now will get it.

The claim is now that more of the rural subs have been dumped, the of the remaining Verizon subs who don't yet have FiOS, 80% will eventually get it or that 80% of all subs will have FiOS available since some never-would-be-serviced rural subs were dumped.

EDIT - I'm confused.

The 80% is after the elimination of these rural markets and upcoming plans to push deployment past 18 million homes.

Confusing, maybe. But not misleading.

Cause the way I read your portion of the item is that 80% of the current VZ subs who don't have FiOS available would be getting it when the Verizon quoted portion appears that they mean 80% of the overall Verizon footprint would have FiOS available, including places that currently have it.

reply to Karl Bode

said by Karl Bode:

The 80% is after the elimination of these rural markets and upcoming plans to push deployment past 18 million homes.

Confusing, maybe. But not misleading.

reply to Karl Bode
And, devastating, just the same. Just what we Hoosiers don't need or want.
Mark F.