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What does it matter? "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Maybe it's cool to hate on this article for being about 100-year-old tech, but the real problem
by sounds 12y ago
What does it matter? "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss."
Maybe it's cool to hate on this article for being about 100-year-old tech, but the real problem is that Verizon--a piece of the old AT&T monopoly--is right back up to the old AT&T tricks.
Verizon stopped rolling out fiber.
Verizon isn't investing in their old copper network.
Are they losing customers? Not really. For many customers, Verizon is one of maybe two choices. If the other choice is worse, what do you do?
Here's a link about Comcast but it applies: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140602/05510527434/john-oliver-stop-calling-it-net-neutrality-its-preventing-cable-company-fkery.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140602/05510527434/john-...
- cowsandmilk 12y ago> Verizon stopped rolling out fiber. The article is about those to whom they are trying to roll out fiber, but insist they want copper instead. People who have fiber in their buildings, who just need to have it run upstairs to their apartment, who instead want the copper repaired.
- doctorshady 12y agoThis actually relates to areas where they've already deployed fiber; they don't want to keep maintaining the copper plant in those areas. Verizon issued a press release a while back saying they'd no longer deploy FiOS in new areas. Fire Island was one of the few exceptions to that, and only because people weren't happy with Verizon trying to give them cellular service in place of the copper network the hurricane ruined.