I just had fios put in the house, I asked the tech about the copper she said why not leave it, you or the next owner might want to go back to copper. I was like oh, ok. I was hoping to clean up the side of the house a bit and get rid of all the cable/phone boxes. I guess it's a good idea to keep it.
The average house gets a new owner every 5 yrs, so the idea that a new owner might want to do something different is reasonable(from the owners standpoint). But why Verizon wouldn't want to cut the copper and force Fios on a new owner is beyond me. Unless they think that by cutting the copper connection they would lose the business altogether to a cable company if the new owner just wanted CHEAP POTS service and nothing more. -- -- Internet News My BLOG My Web Page
Once an area is wired with Fiber why would Telco want to keep copper in place and have to maintain it. Granted it will be years before fiber replaces copper but that has to be one of Verizon's long term goals. Opex for fiber is much lower then copper and they have won the battle with CLECs and do not have to share fiber.
In short term this is probably a battle Verizon does not want to fight. Better wait a few years when FIOS is pervasive and decommission copper outside plant.
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