said by waiting4fios:I recall being told by a Verizon engineer that the primary factors involved in FiOS deployment are:
1) Age of old copper plant/ IOW, how soon will the copper plant require complete replacement. If an area had its most recent copper plant upgrade 10 years ago and another area had it copper plant upgrade 30 years ago. The 30 year old upgrade takes precedent as Verizon does not want to deploy new copper cable and then end up placing Fiber Optic cable within a couple of years. Basically copper depreciation plays a role.
The cable has to be upgraded anyways. How low can you go % wise with working pairs in the cable? CLECs, grandmas, security alarms, T1s, all want and will have copper.
