On Wednesday, July 2, 2014 5:42:27 PM UTC-4, Robert Heller wrote:   
      
   > > What? Verizon is still the ILEC for a big chunk of the country.    
      
   > No, they have sold off most of their *copper* landline business and are   
   concentrating on wireless. (At least on the East coast.)    
      
   No.  Verizon is still heavy into POTS landline business in the mid-Atlantic   
   region.  While many landline customers have dropped Vz in favor of   
   Comcast-cable or wireless-only, the majority still use Vz.  Some customers   
   have an alternative phone company,    
   but still use Vz infrastructure to carry calls.   
      
   I think it would be more accurate to say that Verizon is _emphasizing_ its   
   premium priced modern prices, like wireless and FIOS (and maybe business   
   telephone services).   
      
   Note--calling a service "copper" isn't necessarily accurate.  People with POTS   
   or DSL may have copper wires within their homes, and maybe even out of the   
   DMARC to the pole.  But the bulk of the transmission may be, indeed probably   
   is, by fibre optic    
   cable.   
      
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