Dimming the lights on fibre.

Focuses on the admission by Verizon Communications, BellSouth and SBC Communications that the prize of their plan to bring fibre telecommunications network to homes across the United States may be beyond their ability to pay. Information on a study which assessed the cost of bringing fibre telecommunications network to homes in the country; Field trial which will be conducted by Verizon Communications in the second half of 2004; Importance of the plan to bring fibre telecommunications network to homes across the country.