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[keganunderwood]

Let me introduce you to the story of hurricane Sandy. Verizon doesn't want to rebuild its union encumbered wireline network so they wanted to switch people over to local wireless.

Now you can't have it both ways. Either you are a utility or you are not. Having competition doesn't mean you're no longer a utility.

[Spivak → keganunderwood]

This does not appear to be hypocritical on Verizon's part. They don't view themselves as a utility and are actively fighting becoming one.

[keganunderwood → Spivak]

Wireline telephone is without a doubt a utility. If they say wireless replaces wireline that means wireless is a utility as well.