[155457] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Verizon FiOS - is BGP an option?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Schiller, Heather A)
Thu Aug 9 13:35:44 2012
From: "Schiller, Heather A" <heather.schiller@verizon.com>
To: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>, Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 13:34:50 -0400
In-Reply-To: <CAP-guGWkK0McQ+X5hNRKX3Wu4OZ2POanX-HX8nDst-RyAESu4g@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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Actually, it's a choice. You just tell them you want to keep your POTS when=
you sign up for service. They can definitely bundle Fios TV & POTS. The =
VOIP package might be cheaper. I suspect that's where most people wind up, =
not realizing the difference in service until there is a power outage.
--Heather=20
-----Original Message-----
From: William Herrin [mailto:bill@herrin.us]=20
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 5:18 PM
To: Owen DeLong
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: Verizon FiOS - is BGP an option?
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com> wrote:
> On Aug 3, 2012, at 12:31 , William Herrin <bill@herrin.us> wrote:
>> Could be worse. I could have Pepco instead of Dominion. But it could=20
>> be better. And 20 years ago the reliability was.
>
> 20 years ago you didn't have a megabit to your home let alone many=20
> megabits. 20 years ago, POTS was much simpler than the converged=20
> networks we have today. There is something to be said for the=20
> simplicity of POTS.
>
> If you're that concerned about calling 911 for a heat stroke, why=20
> don't you maintain a POTS line?
When Verizon installed FIOS in the neighborhood they removed the copper lin=
es to each house. It was understood and accepted that if the household fibe=
r adapters did not receive power the battery would fail in a few hours. Tha=
t the upstream would fail, even for folks who took measures to continue to =
power the fiber adapter, was unexpected and very unfortunate. If they can r=
un a copper pair back to a powerable location then it escapes me why they c=
an't do the same with a single strand of fiber.
Regards,
Bill Herrin
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William D. Herrin ................ herrin@dirtside.com bill@herrin.us
3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls C=
hurch, VA 22042-3004
