I get the big picture.
Fiber via Frontier. Fill the gaps with fixed wireless. Monetize 5G. Use AI and edge to cut costs and open new revenue streams.
On paper? Solid.
In practice? That’s where it falls apart.
The strategy is being sold to Wall Street, not to the people who have to make it work. By the time it filters through the fiefdoms, it’s been twisted into three different versions. Short-term price hikes and quarterly stunts end up overshadowing the long-term play. And after enough “big ideas” that got quietly buried, employees know not to bet their careers on the next PowerPoint vision.
I’m retired now, and I understand the big picture better than ever.
The problem isn’t the plan.
It’s that leadership still hasn’t figured out how to connect it to the people who actually deliver it.
Hans, this isn’t AI talking. It’s called common sense — something Verizon could use more of before the next earnings call.
And here’s the truth: if the people inside can’t believe it, the people outside won’t buy it either.