Contractors only. I'm sure they have two or three master contractors and pay a fixed rate.
On Thu, Feb 6, 2025, 9:32 AM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > Verizon says for their 5G Home Internet Plus (“up to” 300 Mbps and whole > home WiFi) they will send an installer to determine if you need the mesh > extender and determine where to put it. > > > > Anybody know who they are sending to do this? > > > > Cell carriers have stores and towers but they try really really hard not > to have any field techs or installers like the old landline phone > companies. Are they contracting this out, are they actually hiring people > and sending them out in Verizon trucks? It’s not like they can use their > FiOS workforce since most of their cellular footprint is in non FiOS areas > and they aren’t even the landline phone company. I remember Verizon’s > previous attempt at FWA with the “cantennas”, I think it was called > HomeFusion. The main reason it fizzled seemed to be they didn’t want to > send an installer to every customer. My impression is that cellcos will > spend any amount of money on equipment and spectrum but would prefer to > spend zero on labor. > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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