Comment by mixdup
1 year ago
Eventually the cable guys were coming for AT&T's lunch, regardless of what happened with their monopoly. It's the rare circumstance where two seemingly unrelated utilities converged into the same business (moving bits, instead of analog video or audio) and we lucked into having two internet facilities in large portions of the country
Local Access is a very different issue, and I dont really disagree - but the local copper loop being broadband is an accident and one of technological evolution.
When the decisions were made about divesiture, that bit was non obvious.