[Discuss] Verizon phasing out copper

[me at mattgillen.net (Matthew Gillen)]

On 05/08/2013 04:15 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> Matthew Gillen wrote:
>> And I tried to make clear that common carriers have nothing to do with
>> TV.  I'm talking about FiOS for internet access.  I was never talking
>> about TV.  Please stop talking about TV, it is completely irrelevant to
>> this discussion.
>
> FiOS is a cable TV service. That's how Verizon packages it. That's how
> Verizon sells it. You can't not discuss FiOS without discussing TV service.
>

You can buy internet service without getting TV.  They are an ISP.  That 
is how they sell it.

They also sell it packaged with TV.  That doesn't change the fact that 
they are selling internet access.