[BC] anyone with UVerse yet?

[Broadcast List USER]

That's interesting because they WERE removing the copper.  Worse yet,  
if after the 30 day trial period you wanted to go back to just POTS,  
they wouldn't do it because they didn't have facilities to do it.   
They got some bad press in this area over it, which may play into why  
they have changed the policy.

--chip

On May 14, 2008, at 3:33 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

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> Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 09:09:36 -0700
> From: Mike McCarthy <Towers at mre.com>
> Subject: Re: [BC] anyone with UVerse yet?
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> The tech is accurate.  The statutes which opened up competition
> requires the local phone company to leave and maintain copper
> premises facilities in place for competing providers OR to provide
> compatible facilities by fiber.  Anyone who requires copper's removal
> without installing something which others can use for providing
> service is violating federal statute.
>
> MM
>
> At 06:52 PM 5/13/2008 -0700, Broadcast List USER wrote
>> The FIOS technician told him he cannot remove the copper.  While my
>> friend is not technical, he said the FIOS tech said that they have to
>> leave it FOR COMPETITORS.  I find this hard to believe, but that's
>> what he said.