Exactly. I had twisted copper at former house. Saw the tech at the switch and stopped to chat. He said they were doing just enough to keep the FCC from fining them but intentionally letting the old system decay to get customers to flip to wireless
Interesting.
The call center people would often try to say the lines were old and decayed. Maybe somewhere but the lines here were all rerun between 1995-97.
As fas as I'm concerned its a scam to maximize profit out of the fiber optic once they realized that may not have been a good business move.
It also was a way to get rid of the unionized line and repair crews.
I hope AT&T's 5G in the city provides some real competition as an ISP. Otherwise Comcast and Verizon will keep milking the people - many who cant really afford it.