"Where I'm at, CenturyLink (formerlyQwest) has been saying for almost 10 years now that "you'll be getting fiber in the next 12 months. Hasn't happened. They haven't even started laying the backbone fiber yet."
The 10 trillion dollar scam is that the telcos have been getting concessions and grants from state governments for these rollouts, not doing it, then going back for more. AT&T has managed to reassemble itself (in 2 parts to avoid the FTC taking action) without that pesky "universal service to all" obligation from the last antitrust settlement and shut down all competition in the process. There are no CLECs left in the USA.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
