Bell South, Verizon and SBC put out press releases today announcing a "joint RFP" for FTTH equipment. Here are the three versions of this announcement:
Verizon http://newscenter.verizon.com/proactive/newsroom/release.vtml?id=80434
SBC http://www.sbc.com/press_room/1,5932,31,00.html?query=20507
Bell South http://bellsouthcorp.com/proactive/newsroom/release.vtml?id=43087
