I feel a topic shift coming... 2012/3/21 Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
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From: "Eric Wieling" <EWieling@nyigc.com>
I don't know about AT&T, but Verizon physically removes the copper connections when they install fiber into a building. Oddly, this is legal. Verizon is required to open up their copper to CLECs, but not fiber.
The Verizon *regulated ILEC operating company* is required to provide equal access. FiOS comes from an unregulated subsidiary.
Whether there might be some illegal collusion in the unreg subsid generating a pull order for a copper service from the regulated LEC is one thing...
but why would it otherwise be illegal for the LEC to pull the copper?
It *is* their copper...
That's an interesting perception, and I'm curious where you came by it.
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