But Verizon definitely provides a Title II service over those fiber lines, telephone service. It is required to. It doesn't really advertise it, but you can buy it. In Fios areas the entire telephone system is replaced by a single FTTH. Verizon is a common carrier, Title II, telephone provider.
Currently its ISP service is not a Title II service.
The FCC common carrier rules are about services not the underlying network technology.
The statements aren't even contradictory, let alone so obviously contradictory that they were knowingly lying.
"But Verizon definitely provides a Title II service over those fiber lines, telephone service. It is required to. It doesn't really advertise it, but you can buy it. In Fios areas the entire telephone system is replaced by a single FTTH. Verizon is a common carrier, Title II, telephone provider."
Sure, but it then claims to use Title II to do upgrades to it's ISP service capacity on those licenses, which is ... contradictory.
If the agreements, etc, said "we will perform necessary upgrades to telephone service over fiber lines under Title II, all others will be under Title X", that would be different.
But they don't.
The claim it all falls under Title II.
Currently its ISP service is not a Title II service.
The FCC common carrier rules are about services not the underlying network technology.
The statements aren't even contradictory, let alone so obviously contradictory that they were knowingly lying.