I seriously doubt ANYONE thinks Windstream or, for that matter, ANY provider is constructing facility in Verizon's or any other operating company's territory. We all know if it's Verizon's territory, the transport is Verizon. No matter what the claims are, the bottom line is the operating company owns the copper plant and everyone else rents facility from them.

An interesting development in western PA is that in areas where Verizon does not have FiOS, and the cable is in bad shape, Verizon is installing new copper. It's not wholesale, across the board, but in selected areas. It may have something to do with the PA PUC because I doubt Verizon has found their conscience recently.

Rcaman

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