cferra
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join:2005-01-31
Rockville, MD
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This has been the case since the roll out of FiOS. I got my first install of FiOS, I moved since then in Valley Stream, I want to say like 2 and a half years ago. I was told by the technician THEN that they were abandoning their copper network and band-aiding it. Verizon no longer has a vested interested in a network that they are required to share, with FiOS, they are not required to share the lines that they put up, so they are pushing that HARD.
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JohnDrenZ
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Phoenix, AZ
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| I worked for the phone company for 16 years (Verizon & Qwest) and left when fios was still a dream and it always was band aid repairs. They only issue here is over time, people doing fios are making money and Pots isn't. Working for the phone company with no overtime is a crappy job! |
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cferra
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join:2005-01-31
Rockville, MD | That makes sense, FiOS installs and runs are being pushed to the forefront, so the O/T would be there. |
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xsiddalx
join:2005-03-11
Chicago, IL
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It's as simple as that!
The entire telecommunications market is so controlled by the government. Sometimes it works, sometimes it don't (we all have the CATV called internet, it's high speed but we no longer have competition like we did in the dial up days).
We vote with our wallets and the regulators generally respond to the least common element.
Their copper is nearly depreciated anyway, Verizon is price cap regulated (no regulatory incentive to invest), and the jury is still out on the provider getting all their cash from the customer directly or via a combo of customer / wholesale provider. In any case, they are acknowledging high bandwidth connections to the home are the new POTS lines. Not really too complicated. It's the business model that needs to work itself out that is complicated.
said by cferra  :This has been the case since the roll out of FiOS. I got my first install of FiOS, I moved since then in Valley Stream, I want to say like 2 and a half years ago. I was told by the technician THEN that they were abandoning their copper network and band-aiding it. Verizon no longer has a vested interested in a network that they are required to share, with FiOS, they are not required to share the lines that they put up, so they are pushing that HARD. Chris |
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major marco
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said by cferra :This has been the case since the roll out of FiOS. LMAO. Telcos like VZ have neglecting copper since long before FiOS. Case in point. Any place in the state of Pennsylvania east of Shittsburgh and North of Philly. Copper hasn't been replaced in oh, say, 75 years or so. As a result, if the winds blows too hard the phone lines go out. Same goes for electricity, but fault lies with another utility not Verizon.
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