Comcast Phones Stop Ringing In Michigan > I see no problem here

reply to fiberguy

Re: I see no problem here

Answer Guy, you failed to help out here.

What I'm getting at is when people switch to Fiber, they are denied return to copper. It doesn't matter if the current home owner or the previous one did, just that someone did.
However, I'd beg to differ on Fios being more reliable.. in fact, it's not. For network? Sure.. maybe.. but as for telephone? No! So long as the service relies on house power and battery back up, the service is still not more reliable than copper.

But I digress as that's not my point - never was.. my POINT, that you quoted was that Fios is a non-regulated service. Since Verizon IS the regulated carrier, when they remove a customer/home from copper for fiber, that house is no longer under protection of a 'regulated telecommunications provider' since fiber is to do as they please.

My point is that Verizon wants to have their cake and eat it too. If they want to get into the unregulated fiber business, then they should sell off the copper plant and go all fiber. However, they, as always, get to skurt consumer protections.

So you have, say, a fiber cut over home, you have the choice of Comcast and Verizon FiOS (for example) for phone providers , who are you going to run to when you need regulatory help? Fios nor comcast phone service (or simply cable phone) is not regulated. SOL bud.

THAT is my point. But, people would sell out themselves because it's golden fiber.
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