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Re: Says a group who stands to make money
good point, but chances are their voice customers have DECREASED (say from 100 to 75). so reverse your point and that's the situation.
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ColorBASIC
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| True...who knows what the real story is. But I'm sure I'm not going to get it from the telco or their union. |
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morbo
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clubs: | ok, but you are also willing to ignore or discount west virginia's complaints? |
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ColorBASIC
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| As I see it from the VZ forums, complaints are nothing new...meaning I don't see any evidence that VZ is purposely letting copper go to hell to get people to get FTTH or any other purpose. |
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Aren't the union employees the ones that are working on the lines? Aren't they the ones directly stuck in the middle of this mess?
It doesn't really benefit them to whine and complain about the copper, because there is plenty of work for them on the fiber side of the business - but I believe they're trying to inform their customers to what is really happening behind the scenes.
This is however not limited to Verizon, providers up in Canada (eg. TELUS) are leaving their copper in horrible disrepair, and have been skipping preventative maintenance on copper since at least 2002. |
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ColorBASIC
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Corona, CA | They could be trying to make MORE work for them (them being the union). |
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Here is the REAL story, Verizon is not spending money on copper plant, unless the repair or addition is absolutely necessary or mandated, Period. Wirelines are a shrinking business and they will not invest in a shrinking business, so what I read in the article is true. All spending is going towards FiOs, any area that will not turn a profit with FiOS will be sold off. This is a calculated business decision. Wall street is looking at their stock and that mean FiOS. |
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