shouting loudly

Verizon: Abandoning rural customers to put FiOS in NYC

As if I needed another reason to think that Verizon is, perhaps, just in this for the money. Apparently, USF subsidies aren’t enough for them to make mad cash in rural areas, so they’re just going to sell off the lines to the highest bidder, who’ll slash costs, reduce service, and dash any hope that rural residents will get out of their dialup ghetto.

Fascinating story in the (credit where credit is due) NY Times tech section. It really puts a face on the urban/rural digital divide.