I know Chorus and co. would like to see the end of copper, but are they allowed to "force" a home owner onto fiber services at this stage ?

My FIL had/has copper, never had an issue with it, not interested in the internet etc. Yet one day had someone from Chorus turn up telling him they were going to put in fiber in a few weeks time. He said he wasn't given a choice in the matter - installers turned up last week and installed it (with a reasonably tidy job from what I could see).

I guess if 75% of the street had asked for fiber, then could see the reasoning behind getting the rest of the street done, but no reason was given at the time. Just "its happening".