http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20279408 en Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:21:02 EDT Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:21:02 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20279408 BLKMGK : I know a tech in Maryland. He tells me that all of the guys who did preventive maintenance have been moved or let go etc. He says they are letting the copper "rot". Repairs on copper take way longer, there's big backlog of service calls.

Friend in my office in Virginia has copper, it went out. The woman on the phone pushed FIOS VERY hard claiming it would be more reliable blah blah. Over a week later it was fixed, they remained copper.

Why do *I* think they are doing this? Simple! Verizon was forced to share "their" copper infrastructure. When that occurred fiber rollouts slowed to a crawl while they lobbied. They lobbied like mad to get special dispensation to NOT share their new fiber setup - a dispensation they apparently got if I understand correctly. Now they no longer maintain the copper they have to share and are pushing fiber like mad. Duh, it's pretty easy to see what occurred.

Didn't public funds help get the copper rolled out? Do they not have some responsibility to maintain that investment? Aren't they also receiving breaks for the fiber? WTF?!

BTW, my friend knows folks going to class on the new fiber. They are being instructed to REMOVE the existing copper connection to the homes and if it's a buried connection they are instructed to cut it at the ground. They are apparently even removing boxes on the outside of homes occasionally when a user drops their service for say Vonage.

Stay tuned come August - I understand they are going to strike and that it could last months here in the Northeast. Could get ugly ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20279408 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:51:19 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20276610 Artec : And they have said the same thing about this. It's all about FIOS and not about the copper inside and outside plant.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20276610 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:49:00 EDT