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Re: FIOS installation in the house



 Doug wrote: 
> Hello: 
> 
> The competition between Verizon and Comcast is heating up enough that 
> for my condos out here in Acton, they will not only install the ONT 
> boxes without a charge, but will pay $100/cable user to the condo 
> association, for a total of $8k.  Although it might sound generous, I 
> am sure the spreadsheet people have figured out the return on their 
> investment. 
> 
> The misses is worried about the kind folks "pulling wires" inside the 
> house to get the copper for resale.  They say they must be able to get 
> inside all the units.  From my reading, it sounds like the exercise is 
> all about installing the Optical Network Terminal (ONT) box, which 
> needs power and a backup and a patch of wall to live in. 
> 
> Does a FIOS installation involve touching any of the wires inside the 
> house?  [snip] 


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