Verizon: Copper Landlines Won't Be Removed Without Working Alternative
Verizon is responding to concerns about its copper landline retirement plan, telling the FCC that it’ll keep the old-school technology in place if its alternative solution falls short. “If a Commission-approved solution is not available, Verizon will not take any action, and the customer will continue to be served over the Verizon copper network,” it told the agency in a Thursday letter. Some US consumers have filed their own complaints, fearing that the landline phase-out will cut them off from reliable telephone service because their homes or buildings are too far from cell towers or receive only spotty cell coverage.
- ▪Verizon is responding to concerns about its copper landline retirement plan, telling the FCC that it’ll keep the old-school technology in place if its alternative solution falls short.
- ▪“If a Commission-approved solution is not available, Verizon will not take any action, and the customer will continue to be served over the Verizon copper network,” it told the agency in a Thursday letter.
- ▪Some US consumers have filed their own complaints, fearing that the landline phase-out will cut them off from reliable telephone service because their homes or buildings are too far from cell towers or receive only spotty cell coverage.
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Verizon is responding to concerns about its copper landline retirement plan, telling the FCC that it’ll keep the old-school technology in place if its alternative solution falls short. “If a Commission-approved solution is not available, Verizon will not take any action, and the customer will continue to be served over the Verizon copper network,” it told the agency in a Thursday letter. Some US consumers have filed their own complaints, fearing that the landline phase-out will cut them off from reliable telephone service because their homes or buildings are too far from cell towers or receive only spotty cell coverage.
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