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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 3151407, member: 59677&quot;]Unfortunately, you don&#039;t get to make that choice. In many locations, the ILEC is replacing POTS (Copper) by either fixed wireless or another system (even FTTH). With all of those replacements, the 48v supplied from the CO over the dry copper wires is now replaced by a connection to your household electrical system.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ILEC - Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (i.e. the phone company)</p><p>POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service</p><p>FTTH - Fiber to the Home</p><p>CO - Central Office</p><p>Dry Copper - the technical name for the pair of wires (which you used to be able to rent even if you didn&#039;t buy phone service). Back in the day you could rent pairs to two locations served by the same CO and pay a fee to have them bridged. Poof. Copper wire connection from point A to point B with no middleman.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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