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Eleven Days in Verizon Hell
- op00to 12y agoThe fact that Verizon hates their copper customers is nothing new - I had a VZ tech tell me in 2008 that they were effectively abandoning their copper network in my neighborhood and they wouldn't be fixing my line in any way that would increase reliability. Only bubble gum and bailing wire for the squeakiest wheels. Nothing has changed since then. That the FCC lets Verizon get away with this abandonment of the copper network that they have to share in favor of a fiber network they can keep to themselves should be a crime punishable by having to use VZ DSL at the limit of the CO's range.
- PhantomGremlin 12y agoIt could be worse. Verizon could sell these customers to Frontier, like they did to me a while ago. Actually I don't think Verizon wants any landlines any more. It's been quite a few years since they announced they would stop new FiOS deployments. Have they changed that decision? The end game now that Verizon owns 100% of Verizon Wireless is probably that Verizon spins off landlines altogether. Bye bye expensive union-negotiated defined benefit pension plans.