When they start selling off business units and carve out 20 states to get some cash, you know things are in trouble. Within next 3 years look for the enterprise/national network to be bought by T-Mobile and the remaining fomer Qwest states/Quantum Fiber to be a stand alone again. They have it perfectly situated for a sale. Then the goofy CEO and his L3 minions ride off into the sunset with their golden parachutes.
Actually, that's how corporates quickly sell off something they don't want.
More they sell off, quickly they can benefit from not having copper services.
Copper services are what's dragging down Lumen profits. Once copper is gone, they can finally concentrate on their goals.