From: mo01@posteo.de   
      
   Am 22.03.2023 schrieb "David" :   
      
   > On 3/20/2023 9:05, Steven Fleckenstein, N2UBP wrote:   
   >   
   >  > Frontier is not a very progressive telco.  I haven't worked there   
   >  > for several years, but I've never heard of someone being pushed   
   >  > off of their service for fiber.  It sounds like a marketing ploy   
   >  > to push people to *buy* new service.  I find it very unlikely that   
   >  > they are shutting down copper POTS.   
   >   
   >   
   > Note Verizon *is* engaged in an aggressive campaign to migrate POTS   
   > users in FIOS-fed neighborhoods over. Their catch phrase is "Fiber is   
   > the only Fix." I was forced off two years ago.   
   >   
   > The reason, as told to me by a recent ex-employee, is money. Not just   
   > their decaying, East Germany-ish, level of outside copper plant, but   
   > the 5ESS's feeding those POTS users. They may be a sunk cost, but   
   > they have {significant} ongoing license fees on their software aka   
   > "Generic".   
      
   If they still use a 5ESS Switching System, I can completely understand   
   that the want to shut it down and move customers to VoIP.   
      
   It is possible to provide POTS ports on new MSANs, but many ISPs just   
   don't provide POTS anymore - the line cards are too expensive for the   
   small amount of users.   
      
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