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Verizon Permitted to Default on PA Broadband Deal

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the why-johnny-can't-speed dept.

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."

8 of 278 comments (clear)

  1. Too Expensive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fiber to homes is unneeded and would be too expensive anyway. To force Verizon to spend billions building a system no one could afford is stupid. Not everyone can even afford cable or DSL.

  2. Re:Hey michael by heironymouscoward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's "sell out your friends", not "sell your friends out". Now fuck the hell off and stop whining. Jeez.

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  3. Corporations and the State Rip Off the People by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Movie at 11.

  4. what is this supposed to be??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic



  5. Re:Just the other day.. by finkployd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    we're swimming in old people(tm). Not that the latter's bad, but retirees don't make for a good economy.

    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. :(

    -1 offtopic

    Finkployd

  6. Why Linux? by Toby+Studabaker · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Why must everything be so hard to do on Linux?

    On Windows, I just install Kazaa to download my kiddie porn. Just click on the "install" and all was set for me.

    Now the laptop I've been given is running Linux and getting eDonkey to run was a friggin' nightmare! Opening ports in the firewall, installing user interface and the program separately (WTF?!) and still it is slow as hell.

  7. Times like this... by inaeldi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...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.

  8. There's nothing wrong here. by jocknerd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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.