said by openbox9:said by tmc8080:before the feds make them deploy FTTP
Hah! How exactly will that happen?
regulation. AT&T was kept out of the long distance wars up until nearly the bitter end of it's relevance. you'd be surprised how regulations could strangle revenue to get the desired effect as Verizon is learning now in some of their best (wired) markets-- except in this case it's by States with balls as opposed to regulatory neglect that borders on criminality & corruption (aka looking the other way)