-=> Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote to Chris Green <=-

 AAS>  When I had FTTH installed here the first thing they did (after
 AAS> erecting a couple of poles) was run copper to the house with a POTS
 AAS> service on it, then a week or so later another crew turned up and
 AAS> installed the fibre.

 I assume the dial tone showed up as a charge? Back when DSL started
 out in 1999-2000, the local exchange carrier required an active phone
 line to deliver DSL, whereas the people who resold DSL services could
 provide DSL only. The extra charge, combined with stonewalling the
 resellers and making it difficult for them to provide service
 effectively killed off a couple of the carrier's own customers.




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