I ran a few Google searches and came across a trove of complaints against Frontier. Seems they are far worse than GTE/Verizon. On the few occasions I have called for FIOS support, always reached someone knowledgeable and helpful. Not looking forward to the changeover, as the new owners have to pay off debts from their acquisition. That can only be accomplished through rate increases. I see a Verizon tech outside my kitchen window every two to three days as he replaces two nitrogen tanks keeping copper trunks pressurized against water intrusion.
matthew black california state university, long beach -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Friday, July 31, 2015 7:33 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: [BULK] Verizon exiting California On 07/31/2015 06:27 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > Can anyone else back that up (or refute it)? > > I am a CLEC operating in California west, and I collocate with verizon. Yes, Verizon is proposing to sell it's wireline assets to Frontier and become effectively an all-wireless carrier. Frontier is going to get a patchwork of ancient switches and poorly maintained outside plant, in rural areas that would require tens of millions of dollars in upgrades for sparely populaed areas it could never turn a profit on. I seriously wonder about the viability of taking on the debt to get those areas and even just maintain them, vz itself has done a very poor job and it presently operates a network where E911 routinely fails along with pots for many, for weeks at a time. And somehow, Verizon has been allowed to skate along without being held to the fire for it's mandated utility / carrier of last resort obligations. I worry that Frontier, with all the new added debt obligations, will not able to swallow this pill. Mike-
