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NY Attorney General to Verizon: Either Serve Your Customers Or Sell and Get Out
- zw123456 13y agoThis is another reason why the US lags the rest of the world in Broadband availability, Here the government is attempting to force a company to use 100 year old technology rather than allow them to select the best technology to serve their customers.
- anigbrowl 13y agoNonsense - utter nonsense. Voice Link Service “is not compatible with fax machines, DVR services, credit card machines, medical alert or other monitoring services or some High Speed or DSL Internet services.” Customers in western Fire Island and other rural parts of New York have no FiOS or cable modem Internet providers to switch to, so those who rely on these services have no alternatives if switched to Voice Link. How is that 'the best technology'? The whole point is that it's less capable than POTS. It's not like Verizon were trying to resume rolling out FIOS and the AG was insisting on copper. Don't let your ideology get in the way of basic reading comprehension.
- keithpeter 13y agoPower cut combined with serious fire in my street a few months ago. Very glad the line powered landline handset still worked (although mobile had enough charge).