Cap, my experience was similar to Patricia's. I thought (and was told that) I would have to share one of my existing lines (sharing) for a new dsl service from a non-rboc provider. Instead, VZ installed a brand new loop (literally) to my home as a standalone service. In order to do this they had to run a new block cable due to copper exhaust. Odd. There are four other lines, each with their own loops, coming into my residence. They didn't attempt to use any of them.
One of the reasons I asked the question upstream stemmed from a report from Qwest's/USW's DSL product manager about two months ago. She claimed that despite the "win" by the DLECs in getting the line sharing ruling passed, none, to date, had elected to use the piggy back approach in her territory. Instead, new competitive dsls are each receiving their own copper line, unshared. To paraphrase her, she said that there were "a few" customers that she was aware of, nationwide, probably from trials around the country, who were on a shared line. Literally, "a few," she emphasized. In region DSL lines by the ILECs, themselves, well that is another story. In those cases VZ does use the same line, when it's their own DSL service.
In my case, I suspect that the reason I'm getting a discreet line is due to the nature of the service, being symmetrical sdsl. That might be the reason.
Patricia, is yours rated as consumer or business grade? Curious. Is it ADSL or some other variant, such as sdsl, hdsl, or other?
Mine, I suppose, could be regarded as business grade, although it is being installed for family use in my home, mostly, although I'll also use it for telecommute.
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