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| reply to imrf
Re: Right.
said by "imrf":
I'm sure in 20 years those spots will get the service, but you can be sure that all the affluent areas will get it first and Verizon will drag their feet as long as they can to get those other spots wired up.
Here's a neat question - if normal monopoly telcos are bound to support "universal service" (meaning, voice over POTS) - is that obligation bound to the physical copper plant, legally-speaking? Or the service offered (voice telephony)? When Verizon rolls out FIOS, if they physically remove the copper to that location at the same time.. shouldn't that imply, at least in spirit, they they should still have an obligation for "universal service", at least minimally, in terms of voice service over that fiber, to those locations? I read that Verizon promised the continual availability of "affordable voice services" over that fiber, for whomever moves in to that location, but... Verizon has made lots of public promises to the press before, that mostly turned out to be nothing but hot air. ("Naked DSL IS available", anyone?) Couldn't this effectively legally require them to build-out nearly everywhere that they provide service to? |
