A Dying Landline Business Sounds a Lot Like Static
GigaOM, April 28, 2009
By Stacey Higginbotham
The combination of expensive maintenance on an aging network and users who are trending toward the cheapest copper-based packages available showcase some of the problems ahead for the old-school copper telecommunications infrastructure just as much as AT&T's loss of 4.2 million landline subscriptions in the first quarter does.
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