From everthing that I read, it seems that they are going to continue to build were there are franchise agreements, and who knows after that. Though it is smaller than Verizon, it is a fairly good size company and probably shares that corporate mentality.But you are right, it seemed the Northwest division was a nuisance to Verizon.
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