[151424] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Looking for some diversity in Alabama that does not involve
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Wed Mar 21 12:23:22 2012
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:22:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Wieling" <EWieling@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
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