Computer World explores how Verizon's sale of its New England DSL and phone networks to Fairpoint communications is somewhat of a lose-lose scenario for consumers. On one hand, they're free of Verizon, who'd let much of that infrastructure deteriorate because they wanted to focus on more profitable regions of the country, and clearly had no interest in serving those customers. On the other hand, Fairpoint lacks the funds to really build out the network, and those States will obviously never see FTTH connectivity.The real winner of course will be Verizon, who not only sheds a mountain of debt but gets a $600 million tax writeoff in the process. A number of States with large rural populations have complained that the telco has neglected the infrastructure in those States in order to focus assets on FiOS. Obviously Fairpoint's first order of business is to get out into the field and repair the network, something that will eat up their already limited assets.