bluecynicalm
join:2000-08-11
San Francisco, CA
 ·Verizon Online DSL
1 edit | 12 years later
50 % of the state of Pennsylvania was to have fiber. Rolling it out in Bucks County does not constitute 50%. Granted, this is the same bill of goods Bell Atlantic/Verizon sold the states of New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Maryland in that same time period.
In regards to installing it in areas where people are willing to pay for it, there are plenty of us spending up $ 30 to $ 60 a month for broadband that are not on Verizon's priority list. My Adelphia bill was $ 160 a month with internet and television. Obviously, we are willing to pay for the services.
In the state of Pennsylvania, I am curious where Verizon started rolling out DSL in the state of Pennsylvania?
I do not live in the ghetto, nor in the rural country. I do know that I will see more fiber in a glass of Metamucil then what Verizon will offer myself and the people of the Wilkes Barre Scranton area. I believe 2014 is not that far away.
As far as any more subsidies, tax incentives, or deregulation in regards to Verizon, I am firmly against it. I and every household in this state has contributed a little over $ 1,100 to Verizon for FIOS. If they can not meet the past obligations, they surely do not need more incentives to install and implement television with out franchise fees.
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