Verizon Tries To Save Face Re: Copper/FiOS Story

VERIZON TRIES TO SAVE FACE RE: COPPER/FIOS STORY
[SOURCE: TelecomWeb]
In the wake of a damaging story regarding existing copper and its new FiOS network, Verizon is trying to explain its way out of what could turn out to be a PR nightmare. Verizon's Sharon Cohen-Hagar SAID, "We don't remove the copper network, as the article suggests -- only the few dozen yards of copper wire from the street to the home. Customers benefit because they don't need the copper cable, and it looks better to remove it. We remove this copper drop if runs overhead from a pole to the house. If it's buried, we leave the copper in place." And she says existing customers or new homeowners won't have any trouble changing back to copper if they find FiOS to be unsatisfactory: "If a customer asks, we'll leave the copper in place, and if a new resident wants or needs a copper-based service, we'll provide [the copper] without charge."
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