For clarification: Frontier's rural, degrading DSL is a physically larger (though less dense) footprint than the FiOS they bought from Verizon. That DSL continu

For clarification: Frontier's rural, degrading DSL is a physically larger (though less dense) footprint than the FiOS they bought from Verizon. That DSL continues to rot in place. Unless something has changed recently, there are no meaningful plans to ever upgrade it to fiber. My personal position is that customers in outlying areas deserve worthwhile, reliable internet access - even if that reduces shareholder dividends and executive bonuses.