Even as it now loses customers when it doesn't produce results, Adelphia, like all cable companies, is finding that to offer new services it must replace more coaxial cable than expected with bigger and cleaner fiber lines to serve as the trunk of its networks.

FORBES: All Over the Map

Instead of putting down trunk lines between major cities, however, CapRock will lay fiber to overlooked destinations such as San Angelo (pop. 93, 000) and Nacogdoches, Tex. (pop. 31, 188).

FORBES: Fiber in the sagebrush

Instead of putting down trunk lines between major cities, however, CapRock will lay fiber to overlooked destinations -- for example, smaller Texas cities such as San Angelo (pop. 93, 000) and Nacogdoches (pop. 31, 188).

FORBES: Fiber in the sagebrush