In fact, they were able, through massive market monopoly power, to fool everyone — to erase their own culpability for the creation of the Digital Divide; erase the history, and rewrite “common wisdom”. The chart above and the chart below detail the 30 year timeline of the bait and switch history of broadband, fiber optic deployments and the mergers of AT&T, Verizon & Centurylink (with the help of the cable companies). Acting as a cartel, the group never focused on actually building out a world-class fiber-optic-based infrastructure, but instead we now know that they used the hype of the new technology as a ‘shiny carrot’ to get deregulation and more profits out of America — their captive customers. https://www.activistpost.com/2022/12/30-year-timeline-exposes-how-the-u-s-digital-divide-was-masterfully-created-by-govt-agencies-and-big-telecom.html