Light Reading reminds everyone that while it's nice to see the ILECs upgrading their networks, they've got a lot of work left to do before we can bask in competitive utopia. "It's important to remember that Verizon's FTTH-based FiOS and AT&T's DSL-based U-verse are very different animals, and together, they will only cover one-third of homes passed by US MSOs by the end of the decade," says analyst Michael Harris. "Not exactly ubiquitous." As for AT&T's threat to cable, he suggests that offering 30Mbps as a standard speed "ought to put a damper on Ma Bell's bundle," since the telco is only offering 6 of the 25Mbps VDSL2 pipe for customer data.