In Sandy-Struck NJ Town, Verizon Goes All Wireless, No Copper

Posted by timothy on Saturday May 4, 2013 @12:28AM from the copper-is-for-suckers dept.

An anonymous reader writes with a bit from the Asbury Park Press: "'Devastated and wiped out by superstorm Sandy, Verizon has no plans to rebuild its copper-line telephone network in Mantoloking. Instead, Verizon says Mantoloking is the first town in New Jersey, and one of the few areas in the country, to have a new service called Verizon Voice Link. Essentially, it connects your home's wired and cordless telephones to the Verizon Wireless network.' So no copper or fiber to a fairly densely populated area. Comcast will now be the only voice/data option with copper to the area."

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Re:waste of money by Anonymous Coward · 2013-05-04 02:41 · Score: 5, Insightful

But who says yhou put in voice grade copper?
I think Verizon shpuld be required to replace the downed copper. That's what the maintenence fees the customers have been paying forever were to cover.