It does go without saying that Verizon won't spend any more time/money working on copper facilities in FiOS areas than it has to.
Still...why not cut unused drops up near the splice cases as opposed to 3/4 of the down the pole? It shouldn't be that hard or time consuming to raise the ladder or bucket 15 or so feet higher and cut up at the top.
Verizon cut two drops on the pole outside the house. If I could legally do it, I would get my tree trimming pole out, fully extend it and snip the spaghetti up higher to get it out of sight/out of mind.
