It looks like Verizon's lobbyists earn their pay in PA: "Telecom analyst Bruce Kushnick, who has been tracking telco company promises for years, wrote [...

It looks like Verizon's lobbyists earn their pay in PA: "Telecom analyst Bruce Kushnick, who has been tracking telco company promises for years, wrote [...] that Verizon has gotten away with not deploying fiber throughout the state because officials have relaxed the requirements over the years, giving up on the "45 megabits per second" minimum and allowing Verizon to meet the obligation with wireless instead of fiber or other wireline technology."