On Aug 3, 2012, at 14:17 , William Herrin <bill@herrin.us> wrote:
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com> wrote:
On Aug 3, 2012, at 12:31 , William Herrin <bill@herrin.us> wrote:
Could be worse. I could have Pepco instead of Dominion. But it could be better. And 20 years ago the reliability was.
20 years ago you didn't have a megabit to your home let alone many megabits. 20 years ago, POTS was much simpler than the converged networks we have today. There is something to be said for the simplicity of POTS.
If you're that concerned about calling 911 for a heat stroke, why don't you maintain a POTS line?
When Verizon installed FIOS in the neighborhood they removed the copper lines to each house. It was understood and accepted that if the household fiber adapters did not receive power the battery would fail in a few hours. That the upstream would fail, even for folks who took measures to continue to power the fiber adapter, was unexpected and very unfortunate. If they can run a copper pair back to a powerable location then it escapes me why they can't do the same with a single strand of fiber.
Sounds like your beef should be with your local regulators that allowed them to remove the copper plant without providing adequate assurance of comparable service from the replacement. Owen
Regards, Bill Herrin
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