Re: Verizon Offering Naked DSL in Northeast...

["Christopher L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow () mci com>]

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Andy Johnson wrote:

> Alex Rubenstein wrote:
> > What possible technical issue could exist that to don't have to wire the
> > dslam to a pots splitter?
> >
> > Actually, even if they did wire it to a pots splitter, and there was no
> > pots line present, it'd still work.
>
> My speculation is that their billing/accounting system is based on a
> POTs number, and since these customers will not need one, they will have
> administrative errors managing accounts.

that'd be unfortunate, what with number portability and all, yes?