CenturyLink selling copper network in 20 states instead of installing fiber

Ars Technica
By Jon BrodkinAug 4, 2021, 2:36 pm157 pts
Enlarge / A CenturyLink service van parked in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on May 2, 2019. (credit: Getty Images | Robert Alexander ) CenturyLink is selling large portions of its copper network in 20 states to a private-equity firm, letting the telco pull out of rural areas where it doesn't plan to install…

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