The article brings up DSL, but I thought DSL was a short haul technology (you have to be pretty close to a branch office or something)? Would it really affect rural customers anyway?
I'm also curious if the newer faster fiber technologies are sort of "subsidizing" the carrier's copper business.
It was originally a short-haul technology, but quickly extended by way of remote DSLAMs. Copper from the neighbourhood into the DSLAM, fiber out the back.
I have DSL and I'm 10 miles away from the nearest ... building with lots of switches. However, the copper line used for my DSL is less than a mile long. I live inside the town limits, but out at the edge of town, there's a roadside hub. And there's fiber into that hub.
I'm also curious if the newer faster fiber technologies are sort of "subsidizing" the carrier's copper business.