said by MarkyD :

-FTTP users are required to carry a phone line at a MINIMUM of an extra $18 a month after tax for a metered line. This is not a technical requirement, rather, another way for AT&T to rape their FTTP customers.

said by x30n_ :

Really? I have uverse and no landline. When I called them about install I asked if I would need a landline and if I did, not to bother setting the appointment. They told me no and I would assume it would be the same case for anyone.

said by ropeguru :

You failed to see that he DOESN'T have UVERSE.. Hence his complaint that he has fiber which does not carry the issue they always complain about with copper and no phone line. In other words, in the past they have stated that you have to bundle dial tone with DSL to keep the copper n good working order. With fiber there is no such need and the need to have active dial tone is only a revenue generator.

said by MarkyD :

-FTTP users are required to carry a phone line at a MINIMUM of an extra $18 a month after tax for a metered line. This is not a technical requirement, rather, another way for AT&T to rape their FTTP customers.

said by x30n_ :

I guess you failed to see that I have FTTP and don't have a landline.

Let me quote the line again -

As you can see he states users are required to carry a phone line and I do not have a landline, so for AT&T to say you need it doesnt seem correct to me as I have asked them and they told me 'No, you do not need a landline to get the service.' Maybe he talked to a tech that doesnt understand FTTP service.

said by MarkyD :

What I should have said is this. If you have FTTP, but NO UVERSE, you ARE required to carry a land line. Period, end of story.

said by x30n_ :

Then may I ask what services are you using the fiber for?

said by MarkyD :

I did have 6/1 PPPoE internet over the fiber, as well as a phone line (which I did not even use, but was required.)
I also bundled Dish network through AT&T, however, that was obviously not carried over fiber.
If AT&T offered UVERSE in my fiber area, I'd have tried it out.

said by x30n_ :

Thank you, now I understand your compliant...

Maybe the landline was needed for dish because it needed an analog signal. I only say that as I have experienced issues with faxes being send over a digital line and maybe it is a requirement for dish.

said by MarkyD :

nope - my dish was not even hooked up to a phone line.
It's pretty widely known that the FTTP product (non uverse) requires a phone line - it wasn't just the rep I got. Several others here have complained about the exact same thing.