Re: FIOS installation in the house

["Anthony Gabrielson-2" <user=1422@nabble.blu.org>]

 Doug wrote: 
> Does a FIOS installation involve touching any of the wires inside the 
> house?  I argued that they would do absolutely nothing to our POTS 
> (plain old telephone service).  Those twisted pairs of wires stay in 
> place, no one from Verizon would get near them.  We have Comcast 
> service for our phone, and she is concerned the Verizon people will 
> rip out wires inside the home that Comcast needs. 
>   
 From what I have heard the last mile of POTS is cut once you go to FIOS 
and you can not switch back.  The TP in your unit will now plug into the 
new box they are installing.  They are so excited to have people switch 
to FIOS because your choices are limited after the switch; you can use 
Verizon or Comcast, either way you will not have POTS.  Also, since the 
last mile is no longer copper but fiber you will lose the phone when you 
loose power.  I personally don't see either as a big deal, I haven't 
even had a home phone in over five years, but some people do. 

Good luck with it - 
Anthony 

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