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Verizon Permitted to Default on PA Broadband Deal
Rich writes "This is simply amazing to me. Broadband Reports has the latest chapter concerning Verizon's con of Pennsylvania unearthed by telco-critic Bruce Kushnick last February. A 1994 agreement between Verizon and the state of Pennsylvania paid dividends to Verizon in excess of $2.1 Billion in tax cuts and other deregulatory goodies over the years. Verizon's part of that deal was to deploy 45Mbps symmetrical fiber service fiber to PA homes and residents by 2015 (something they knew would never happen). This week the well-lobbied state has apparently voted to totally ignore the 1995 agreement, after Verizon's already walked away with the cash, leaving PA residents (who are already pretty low on the broadband food chain according to a new report) high and dry."
we're swimming in old people(tm). Not that the latter's bad, but retirees don't make for a good economy.
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Doesn't make it fun to ride a motorcycle around either. I don't enjoy dodging Buicks that change lanes and pull out with no signal (or a constant one) where the driver cannot see over the dashboard and has zero reaction time.
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...that I'm glad I live in Canada, where broadband is widely available almost everywhere and the federal government is insistant on making it available in all communities.
As long as these state representatives didn't receive blowjobs from interns, they will be forgiven.
Gotta love what is considered moral and immoral in the good 'ol USA.