http://www.wsj.com/articles/verizon-is-exploring-combination-with-cable-firm-charter-communications-1485439901
>Price of nation wide rollout of fiber pegged at $140B
>Already dropped $23B on fiber rollout
>Says "AAAHHH FUCK IT TOO EXPENSIVE"
>Stop rolling out fiber
>Increase cost of dsl and wireless packages leading to droves of people to leave and sign up for cable
>Waste $110B on buying out vodaphone from verizon wireless just as VZW profits and revenues peak
>Sell your Fiber network to Frontier for $10B
>Now wants to buy a shitty cable isp for $80B+
>About to finalize purchase of JUST LEAK MY SHIT FAMALAM Yahoo
How can one company make so many mistakes?
Its easy mode. You already have your natural monopoly.
>>58666119
Mistakes...?
But I think they got money from customers plus subventions all along, didn't they?
http://newnetworks.com/broadbandscandals.htm
>>58666119
And Charter recently bought some other company. Acquisitions must be easy mode
>paywall
Fuck off
>>58666119
They didn't sell all of their fiber senpai.
They kept the northeast fiber they had because it's decent quality and huge % of customers who can be serviced by it choose to use it.
150/150 for $75/month.