Just remember that if you&#x27;re ever in the position of having to press Verizon up against the wall, they&#x27;re legally obligated to fix the outside plant, whether copper or fiber.<p>They&#x27;re also obligated to provide you with non-VoIP (marketed under things like the Verizon Freedom package) phone service over fiber. The service is implemented much better, and since it&#x27;s legally phone service, is obligated to meet a certain quality standard and be fixed in a certain length of time if it breaks.<p>In any case, it really does piss me off to see how far the telecom market has sunk. A lot of these companies have never gotten over the monopoly mindset, and really do nothing other than hold themselves back in every way possible. 
It&#x27;s times like these, I kinda want to go buy one of these markets Verizon has effectively abandoned, and put the whole industry to shame.