July 19, 2004

Verizon's fiber race is on | CNET News.com

This is the ultimate game, but it will be a decade or more before fiber is deployed ubiquitously to homes throughout Verizon's territory.

"The Federal Communications Commission plans to allow the Bells to invest in fiber without requiring them to share their infrastructure with third parties, as is the case with copper wire networks. For many years, the Bells have protested that the line-sharing rules on copper wire networks are unfair, because cable companies are not required to share their lines."

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