@geniusmusing “The effort distracted the company from upgrading or repairing much of its fixed-line broadband footprint, since investing in networks isn't profitable enough, quickly enough, for many on Wall Street.”

LOL. They stopped investing in their network around the time that NYC got hit by a big storm. I remember reading that #Verizon told people whose telephones and Internet service stopped working to get #VZW cellphones and hotspots instead. They sold off their wireline networks in several states (including California, where things have improved quite a bit with Frontier after a shaky switchover). I’m pretty sure they aren’t expanding their FiOS fiber Internet network except in a very limited set of locations.