I feel a topic shift coming...
2012/3/21 Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> > ----- 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 > > >