On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 08:58:21PM -0500, Martin Hannigan wrote:
At least in Boston, commercial property owners are receiving notices that 'copper lines are being removed per FCC rules' and replaced with fiber. The property owner, not the network operators (or users of unbundled elements if that's even still a thing) are being presented with an agreement that acknowledges the removal, authorizes the fiber installation and provides for a minor oversight of the design. It suggests that no costs are involved in terms of hosting equipment. No power reimbursement. No rent for spaces used.
I have the opposite story of a commercial property where fiber was installed, but they refused to remove the 12 pair copper, refused to remove a massive demarc cabinet, and then threatened the property owner that he couldn't remove it either. Pity I didn't know that when I removed it while cleaning up the huge mess. And yes of course I checked that all the pairs were dead. ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"-Asimov