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Peter[_14_]

On 11/3/2012 12:14 AM, wrote:
I spoke to someone from Verizon this morning who said that their plan is to start removing copper and transition everyone over to fiber. Thus ensuring that in the event of a disaster nobody has phone service after a few hours. I asked about a bigger battery and was told that the charger they use isn't powerful enough for it.

They call this progress.

By the way, when they install fios they take away the copper wire so you can never go back to it.

Not true, and I'm speaking from my personal experience and current
situation with VZ. I had FIOS TV/Internet installed last winter and did
so by having VZ promise in writing that they would allow me to retain my
POTS circuit with them. They agreed. I'm spending about $5/mo more
than if I had gone with their "Triple Play" option but have the security
of a phone circuit that has never failed in almost 26 years despite at
least a dozen power outages that exceed the FIOS backup battery
duration. They let you retain your POTS by creating a second account
for your address. Your FIOS account is then linked to your address
rather than your phone number.