----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Wieling" <ewiel...@nyigc.com>
> Verizon, the copper wireline company, is removing service from > locations EVERY TIME VZ fiber is installed in a building. This > prevents other companies from providing service by leasing Verizon's > copper infrastructure. If there was copper at a location then VZ would > be required to resell it and nobody would be locked out. TTBOMK, whether Verizon has copper to a building has *no bearing at all* on whether a CLEC can place an order for wholesale service to that location; VZN is *required* to provide that wholesale service, at the regulated NRC and MRC rates, whether they currently happen to have the physical facilities in place or not -- are you alleging either that I've misunderstood that, or that VZN is refusing such orders *simply* because they've removed facilities to an address where FiOS has done an install? Cause either of those ought to violate the rules. > We often get customers in buildings lit by Verizon fiber service who > want to change carriers. Too bad they can't anymore. Technically they > can switch providers. Verizon will remove the fiber, re-install > copper, and have the customer down for a week or so. See above. 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
