Verizon just purchases it from the same supplier the supply house gets it from.
Rick

Brendan Moran wrote:

> > Both my local well stocked independent hardware store and electrical
> supply
> > house (here in Virginia) sell direct burial telephone 2 or 3 pair. It is
> the
> > same type the Verizon phone company uses. Costs about $.26 a foot. It has
> a
> > solid copper inner jacket, plastic covered, and the wires are floating in
> a
> > clear waterproof jel. A little messy to work with if you're not used to
> it, but
> > very waterproof.
>
> There are comments after the quotes.
>
> http://www.2600.com/news/display.shtml?id=322
>
> "Just for the fun of it, we've gone and registered
> VerizonShouldSpendMoreTimeFixingItsNetworkAndLessMoneyOnLawyers.com. We look
> forward to seeing their legal threat for THAT one. (This domain uses the new
> 63 character maximum length name - some browsers may complain about this.) "
>
> Unfortunately, that domain seems to have finally expired.  Now, maybe I'm
> just silly, but do you really *want* to use the same cable as Verizon?
>
> *blink blink*
>
> --Brendan
>
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