said by 63475675:If Verizon continues of their obnoxiously greedy and short sighted course MOST of their customers will only have ONE choice get a Verizon wireless plan, which are very expensive, still have significantly less reliable connections than old copper.
Frankly since this is a regulated company they should be severely penalized for not building out their fiber network. It is clear that OUR gov't is NOT doing what is in the best interest of the public. Instead highly paid lobbyists are of questionable legality and BUYING OFF OUR REPRESENTATIVES!
I don't know where you get your information, but Verizon was heavily criticized when they used their own money for the initial deployment of FiOS. Their Stockholders saw this as a waste of money and a very risky plan. Verizon only went into areas they thought would generate revenue, but this idea failed. People bought only the bare minimums and were not interested in faster speeds or their Fiber Products.
Now people like you want to force Verizon to deploy Fiber when clearly the demand is not there. No Company is going to deploy new technology like Fiber when no one will buy it. Even Google has strict criteria for their Fiber deployment.
This being said, I still think Fiber is the best solution, but the Average Person has no idea about Fiber they think it's Magic. I lived in a Community with 5000 homes, and Verizon came in with FiOS in the initial Roll Out years ago. Less than a quarter of the homes signed up. It wasn't until their Contract with TWC terminated and I had some convincing information for the Association to offer the Contract to Verizon. Now everyone in the Community are on FiOS and most are happy, but they still don't like paying for having the best solution.