[Boatanchors] Short Wave Broadcast Folks:

[rbethman]

I'd say that I was bombarded for the last four years by constant 
knocking on the door to get me to go ALL FIOS.

At the same time, XFINITY has been doing the same.

No one has bothered me since I let them put the phone on FIOS.

My internet is cable, and my TV is DirecTV satellite.

The overall costs are LESS than going all in on either FIOS *or* XFINITY.

My philosophy is simple.  I keep it cheap!

I bought ALL the DirecTV equipment in 2000.  They have upgraded my 
receivers FREE!

Bob - N0DGN


On 4/16/2014 2:21 PM, W4AWM at aol.com wrote:
> You CAN fight the phone company if you don't want FIOS installed. It 
> will eventually happen, but even though they have tried to force me 
> off of copper, I stuck to my guns and still have it.  The only way it 
> will happen at my QTH is when all the neighbors loose their copper, 
> too.  Check with your County and State consumer rights groups to see 
> what their rules state.  Remember, copper is regulated, FIOS is not, 
> depending on your consumer rules.Once you have FIOS installed, you 
> will be bombarded with sales folks tying to sell you Internet and TV.
> My copper has stayed up at times when the neighbors have lost their 
> FIOS and have actually knocked on my door asking to use my copper 
> phone. FIOS folks will tell you anything to get you to sign up.  By 
> the way, they usually bury the fiber line about 3 inches deep. If you 
> have your lawn aerated, chances are that the fiver line will get 
> chopped in one or more places. Even if you have MISS UTILITY mark the 
> line, you will have a strip of grass that is sickly compared to the 
> rest of your lawn where the grounds folks stay away from the marked 
> line.  The FIOS folks will be happy to put your line in conduit or 
> bury it the standard 18 inches for other utilities if you have the 
> excavation done at your expense.
> 73,
> John, W4AWM
> In a message dated 4/16/2014 2:10:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> rbethman at comcast.net writes:
>
>     I just went through having been taken off POTS.
>
>     It isn't correct to say that if the power goes out that you lose
>     signal!
>
>     When the fiber optic was installed, it also comes with a float
>     charger
>     and a battery that will last for about 8 hours.
>
>     Bob - N0DGN
>
>
>
>     On 4/16/2014 12:22 PM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
>     > They ARE getting rid of them. AT&T has made no secret of their long
>     > term goal to eliminate POTS. They want everyone on Uverse or
>     whatever
>     > the internet phone system is, and they are pursuing that goal
>     state by
>     > state with lobbying to change laws. It is only a matter of time
>     before
>     > you will get a letter offering options and POTS won't be one of
>     them.
>     > You may have a few years but eventually anyone still on the copper
>     > line will be forced to give it up. They say it is cost and
>     economics
>     > but what they don't say is that the regulations governing the
>     > provision of phone service are MUCH stricter and favorable to
>     > consumers with POTS. And of course they don't say that when your
>     power
>     > goes off, the good old twisted pair still works, if you have an old
>     > style phone, whereas that gee whiz new digital internet phone will
>     > not. 73 Rob K5UJ
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