[BC] FIOS comes to the Wilds of VA

[Broadcast List USER]

There have been some AWFUL RF interference issues.

DON'T LET THEM TAKE OUT YOUR COPPER!

Just don't allow it to be canceled.  They are not so hard over to  
take it out for about 9 months, so just make it stay.

DON'T cancel your existing phone.  Don't migrate it to FIOS.

If you later want to save a few bucks by moving your phone over, go  
ahead, but I would STRONGLY recommend you keep your copper service.   
The CO provides loop current, so it won't die two hours after the  
power goes out.

--chip

On Mar 30, 2009, at 10:52 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 2
> From: Alan Peterson <alanpeterson at earthlink.net>
>
> At long last, the cul-de-sac I live on in Northern Virginia finally  
> had a Verizon FIOS lightpipe laid down under the sidewalk.
>
> For anyone who already has the service in their home, I've got two  
> questions:
>
> 1) How good is the RF immunity of the interface boxes and the  
> indoor copper lines, specifically in the typical ham band  
> frequencies between 1.8 and 147 MHz? Around my house now with its  
> basic crapola wiring, my internet speed dips measurably when the  
> rig is keyed.
>
> 2) Isn't there an option you can ask for when ordering where the  
> existing copper line to the street remains in place and connected  
> for telephone service, should there be an extended power failure in  
> one's locale that surpasses the life of the battery backup?
>
> Verizon customer service reps haven't been much help outside of  
> their flip-tab answer books, and they don't know how to transfer me  
> to an engineer. Can anyone offer their experiences?
>
> Alan Peterson KJ4IVD