said by OneEye: . . . Wiltel is a supplier of backbone fiber to the major carriers.
Point-taken, but Willtel is a different animal . . . a backbone provider. The point of the article; however, seemed to be directed at
end-user -facing ISPs. Wiltel isn't among them, they're just one of their suppliers.
Actually, I wonder what the FTC would think of the vertical integration that would occur if Netflix/Google/etc would make a move for someone like Level3; wonder if there could be anti-trust issues there.