This is the front line in Verizon's high-risk offensive. The New York-based communications giant has deployed an army of Verizon linemen, many armed with Lashers, to tackle one of the most ambitious engineering projects in contemporary America. The goal: to replace hundreds of thousands of miles of copper phone lines with cutting-edge fiber-optic technology. Full Story »
Posted by David Patterson
If a ltttle breathless and gushy, it is a well done piece on Verizon's fiber to the home strategy. It neglects to tell any of the history of promises made by the various telephone companies years ago and/or the subsidies put in place to get them to do work like what Verizon has done. It also doesn't tell the story of high speed wireless options on the horizon. But it does put the Verizon offering in perspective and tell a nice human interest story as well.
