02-18-2012, 02:49 AM
It's obvious that copper to every home's days are numbered. But a utility should not be allowed to end it until they can confirm that the new technology has the same saturation as the old one.
I suspect they are anxious to declare it dead in order to get out from the subsidy it represents. But likewise, the subsidy should b switched to the new service, not just forgotten.
You can make a heck of a lot of cheap calls from a $15 a month POTS. Even prepaid phones get expensive fast if you are using them as your only phone.
I suspect they are anxious to declare it dead in order to get out from the subsidy it represents. But likewise, the subsidy should b switched to the new service, not just forgotten.
You can make a heck of a lot of cheap calls from a $15 a month POTS. Even prepaid phones get expensive fast if you are using them as your only phone.