patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to Sammer
Re: Cherry-Picking argument is stupid in this case! said by Sammer:Verizon intends for their FiOS network to eventually replace their copper network in the Philly metro and other metropolitan areas. Verizon doesn't want to maintain the copper forever so that means FiOS will eventually reach every place in Philly that Verizon's copper phone lines do now. Now I wouldn't be surprised if Verizon cherry-picked in rural areas but that doesn't apply to Philly. That does mean ultimatly LifeLine POTS customers (subsidized by State USF for welfare, seniors and disabled) will get FIOS Phone, which is billed identically to copper POTS phone, when Verizon starts serious deffered maintence on their copper POTS (not replacing a trunk line when it runs out of good pairs), and if you call your copppr POTS went out, they will convert you to FIOS phone, yuo don't have a choice about delivery anyways.
Its also possible Verizon will start to convert FIOS apartment buildings to pure FIOS phone eventually to free up copper pairs for other customers (I guess single house customers) when VZ starts to abandon trunk lines. |
