On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:34:17 GMT, "newman"
wrote:

I converted everything to fios (TV, internet, phone) some months ago.

the installer left the copper in place and said I should leave it because I
might want to change phone companies later.

live in Texas.
"mm" wrote in message
news A friend tells me tonight that if you subscribe to FIOS from Verizon,
at least when you use it for everything you have (tv, internet, phone,
or any subset) when they install the optical cable, they take out your
copper.

So that you can never go back.

He says that even if you sell your house, the new owner can't get
simple copper phone or DSL line, unless he pays someone privately to
reinstall the copper wires.

That's why my friend kept a simple phone line, and didn't get VOIP.

That's what he says, and he's no dummy. Does anyone think he's wrong?

Is Verizon only in the mid-atlantic, or the northeast?


The phone here is with Verizon, in east Texas. We don't have FIOS
available yet (not overpopulated enough).

The cable system does offer phone, although I decided against it for
similar reasons.

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