Yeah, well Verizon is subject to the same market and financial pressures as the rest of us and they are going to have to have a very good reason for rushing any new cable plant projects in the current economic climate.
The economic climate is largely a confidence game. We're still in a bad economy because businesses say "We're still in a bad economy, so we better not start any new projects." So they don't start any new projects, so there's no development, so there's no hiring, so unemployment remains high, so businesses say "We're still in a bad economy, so we better not start any new projects."
It's the same sort of fear that causes people to do the exact opposite of what they ought to do when they play the stock market. You get rich in the stock market by buying low and selling high. People buy high because they think "Wow, everyone else is buying this stock, so I should buy it too!" They sell low because they think "Wow, everyone is getting rid of this stock, I should get rid of it too!"
Often, the most successful businesses are the ones that start ambitious projects in a down economy, just like the people who do the best in the stock market are the ones who buy when everyone else is selling and sell when everyone else is buying.