nat_f
join:2005-02-07
Merrimack, NH
| Verizon in RI refused to keep copper in place
Last year my brother (who lives in Coventry Rhode Island) asked me about FiOS, and if I thought he should have Verizon install it since they had just sent him the "we're wiring your neighborhood, do you want FiOS?" letter. I had been following the FiOS situation in New Hampshire (where I live) so I told him it was something I was eagerly awaiting and he should take Verizon up on their offer but he should also make sure they left the copper (on poles) to his house. Awhile later he told me how the install went and told me that despite his asking for the copper to remain both the Verizon person who scheduled the install and the Verizon crew on site insisted on removing the copper wiring to his house.
He went ahead with the install anyway, and is quite happy with the service, in fact he's now getting the FiOS TV service after deciding not to activate the cable TV line already run to his house when he moved in 5+ years ago. I do not know precisely how hard he pushed to have the copper remain in place to his house, but I do know he asked both at the time of scheduling and the actual install and was refused by Verizon.
So there are certainly some cases where Verizon has refused to leave the copper in place to the house.
-Nat |
