[Discuss] Verizon phasing out copper

[me at mattgillen.net (Matthew Gillen)]

On 05/08/2013 03:28 PM, Matthew Gillen wrote:
> On 05/08/2013 10:50 AM, Richard Pieri wrote:
>> Matthew Gillen wrote:
>>>   - you may not refuse service to someone who is willing and able to pay
>>> in that geographic area
>>
>> This is what I wrote. Common carriers provide service to everyone
>> equally. FiOS does not do this. FiOS can't do this. It's a cable TV
>> service.
>>
>
> I'm not understanding what you're getting hung up on.  Is it the
> "everyone" part or the "equally" part? Are you saying that because there
> are different tiers of service it doesn't qualify?

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.