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On 3/14/26 05:52, Andy Burns wrote:
> c186282 wrote:
> 
>> NOT gonna go fiber ... for SURE they'd use it
>> as an excuse to zap my legacy hardwire phone.
> 
> They'll find reasons (expensive linesmen, expensive central offices) to 
> drop them soon enough.  Though I'm happy with VDSL speeds here, I'll 
> snap their hands off the day FTTP becomes available here ...

   I'll keep the hard-line as long as possible ... and
   they DO keep raising the price, hoping I'll cancel

   There ARE valuable virtues to hard lines. Been there,
   seen it, worth a little extra money.

   But, if I get fiber they WILL, for sure, use that
   as an excuse to tear down my hard-line and zap the
   very very longstanding number.

   Hmm ... any LAWYERS in the house ?