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."

Comments

Re:Ironic...

[fafaforza]

> His customers have a 12 Mbps internet connection!!!1

Hmm, I wonder how much bondage and scat porn that comes out to per day. Them Japs are mighty lucky.

Re:Follow the money... MOD PARENT DOWN

[Trigun]

Welcome to the biggest junior high, fuck the establishment, I'm stickin' it to the man by swapping songs and uncapping my cable modem, elitist prep-school in existance.

You must be new here.

Re:There's nothing wrong here.

[tomstdenis]

The US govt is christian though, didn't you know?

Adultery is by far way worse than say embezling a few billion from the govt.

And stem cell research is immoral because... because... I say so! God forbids it!

And Saddam is bad, because... because I say so!.

Brought to you by one pissed of cannuck who thinks Dubya should be hanged in the middle of that capital thingy of Iraq... oh yeah "Dubya times square".

Tom