Sunday, July 08, 2007

Verizon Copper Cutoff Worries Some Users, Small Rivals

An AP newswire article by Deborah Yao, via USA Today, reports that:

When Henry Powderly II ordered Verizon Communications Inc.'s FiOS fiber-optic service, he knew he was about to be connected to the future of telecommunications.

He also got unplugged from its past. Which meant that while Powderly was gaining features, he was losing some telecommunications options.

Verizon's installer — without warning, Powderly says — removed the copper wires that used to carry his phone calls. For most of the world, copper still links homes and businesses, as it has for a century.

More here.

1 Comments:

At Mon Jul 09, 11:30:00 AM PDT, Anonymous Anonymous said...

My words were spun by the Associated Press. I knew the wire was going to be cut, and I was not concerned.

I cannot believe the writer would misquote a fellow journalist.

Here's my story:

http://libiz.blogspot.com/2007/07/associated-press-used-me-dammit.html

 

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