We were mildly perplexed by the sale this week of much of the fiber in Chicago owned by WideOpenWest (WoW), to Verizon for $225 million in cash. It will get a further $50 million to complete the network build. It turns out that what we have been saying for the past 5 years, that cellular businesses are screwed without fixed line backhaul, is true, and Verizon said that the network, when completed in late 2018, will provide backhaul for 500 macro-cell wireless sites and 500 small-cell wireless sites. WoW said it will continue to focus on residential services through edge-out builds. The deal will close by early in Q1 2018 and much of the proceeds will go to pay down…