----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Wieling" <ewiel...@nyigc.com>
> I don't know about AT&T, but Verizon physically removes the copper > connections when they install fiber into a building. Oddly, this is > legal. Verizon is required to open up their copper to CLECs, but not > fiber. The Verizon *regulated ILEC operating company* is required to provide equal access. FiOS comes from an unregulated subsidiary. Whether there might be some illegal collusion in the unreg subsid generating a pull order for a copper service from the regulated LEC is one thing... but why would it otherwise be illegal for the LEC to pull the copper? It *is* their copper... That's an interesting perception, and I'm curious where you came by it. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274
