said by guppy_fish:If there isn't copper at the premise, Verizon doesn't have to provide regulated services
No, they'd need to {re}install the copper, AFAIK.
Part of the original Kingsbury Commitment was Universal Service... Outside of FL, I don't think any Verizontal state has abolished all PSC regulation/must serve; and since in FL, the VZ was ex-GTE, didn't it go to Frontier?