The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the Communications Workers of America says it has photographic evidence showing Verizon Communications Inc. has been depriving its aging copper network of money for maintenance and repair throughout parts of Pennsylvania.
The union - which represents 4,980 Verizon linemen, technicians, and customer service representatives in the state - filed the photos on Wednesday in a petition with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, seeking an investigation into whether Verizon has violated state utility laws by not maintaining its copper lines.
The photos taken in the late summer depict dangling cut-off utility poles, plastic-wrapped phone equipment, and spliced phone lines.
The union told Pennsylvania utility regulators in a letter in September that thousands of people had complained about copper line-related service problems, based on state regulatory data.
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