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Originally posted by Tony Shepps
Then my business died, and I called AT&T to have them move the lines to my house again and switch to residential. But that proved too much for them. For one thing, they didn't offer residential service in my area.

Consider that the office is 1000 feet from my house, and that the exchange is the same although it's a different post office.

I had to switch back to Verizon, THEN move the lines, and then switch them to residential.

But I bring this up because I'm not sure why I could get service from AT&T in the first place. I have never switched exchanges or COs, so why could I have a different provider?

AT&T probably hasn't filed residential tariffs for your area. Thus, they can't provide residential service despite that there's no physical barrier to doing so.

(BTW, Verizon owns that last mile from the CO to your house regardless of who the CLEC is)