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
