Hi, central office question here. Are central offices do ever get new ones built for different areas? Also, I have a different place in San Mateo right near the 92/280 interchange freeway. I am not able to get fusion there. Is there any central office going to be built there?
Although it's possible, I seriously doubt it.
I really don't know and have no insight into how that's calculated, but having said that, AT&T's strategy has been to build out their u-Verse infrastructure instead of using large CO's that primarily support the old copper plant. The u-Verse terminals that you see spread around are fed with fiber that doesn't even go back to the nearest CO, but rather to the larger regional offices.
Additionally, AT&T is now forcing traditional DSL customers off of the old DSLAMs, located at the CO's or in Remote Terminals, and moving them over to the u-Verse VDSL plant. Thus, my speculation that they're relying less on traditional CO's (which they have to share with competitors) and more on the u-Verse infrastructure (which they don't have to share).
Edit: Add to the last sentence.