[Alberta's Child]

Where I live has had 1 significant system upgrade since the breakup, and that was nearly 20 years ago. We’re not worth the money.

Then so be it. If it's not financially practical for AT&T to upgrade your infrastructure, then I sure as hell don't want a public utility doing it.

Here in New Jersey we have the opposite problem, where Verizon is deliberately letting its copper infrastructure go to sh!t in an attempt to force customers to fiber optic -- whether they want it or not.

[discostu]

We’re not in AT&T. And the problem is just because it’s not profitable for the PHONE COMPANY to upgrade our system doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be profitable to the CITY and the PEOPLE to do it.

See you just outlined ANOTHER problem with the lack of a national system. In a national system they would have upgraded you to fiber because it’s a good idea.