'Pennsylvania state Sen. Mary Jo White complained to the commerce committee that a lack of competition has dissuaded Verizon Communications from selling fast, affordable Internet access to her constituents in rural western Pennsylvania.'
And that's another thing. "Lack of competition" can't dissuade Verizon from giving service to rural Pennsylvania because they have to install the equipment first which will be used equally by it's competitors. If Verizon installs DSL out there then they have to sell access to it's equipment at 75-80% of their normal rate. The simple fact is competition dissuades the installation of additional phone equipment. This senator needs to shut up about things she don't understand.
Bogey! Exactly. BellAtlantic and BellSouth were in full retreat from rural exchanges and less profitable COs. The Bells sat on DSL technology for a full decade until they were forced to compete. Now you're complaining about the competition and that you now have no incentive to invest. It's a Bogey allright!