On Sat, 3 Nov 2012 09:35:44 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Dig? Wires are overhead. The tech who came to the house this week said he didn't see copper leading to the house.

I take that to mean that when they put in the fiber they removed the other wiring. Not for the wire but for business reasons.

I have underground so I think in those terms, and I took it to mean
that they cut off the wire it goes into the ground.

On Saturday, November 3, 2012 12:30:08 PM UTC-4, Wes Groleau wrote:
On 11-03-2012 00:14, 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.

Others have said this is their plan too, btw, and they certainly
pushed it on me a lot when I called about an internet outage.


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.



I guess you mean they disconnect it and refuse to reconnect.



They're not going to pay someone to dig up your yard for ten cents worth

of 22-gauge wire.



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Wes Groleau



He that complies against his will is of the same opinion still.

— Samuel Butler, 1612-1680