Economics
Fire Island Becomes Test Case as Verizon Abandons Copper
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Roni Elovitch replaced furniture and rebuilt walls in her home after Superstorm Sandy submerged parts of Fire Island, New York. She’s dismayed Verizon Communications Inc. won’t embark on a post-hurricane refurbishing of its own.
“They want to abandon us because it would be more cost-effective,” Elovitch said at the deck railing of her Bayberry Walk home in Ocean Beach.