ropeguru
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join:2001-01-25
Bridgeport, WV
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 ·VOIPo
|  And this is a surprise??
Given the greediness of most all executives these days, even when the company is going to crap, this should surprise no one.
I still say Verizon did this knowing that Fairpoint would die then Verizon can step back in and take everything back for pretty much nothing. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Ugh
I smell more bailouts. |
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hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
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join:2005-06-29
clubs: | better idea
Quit giving Ceo pay increases and just tell them THEY get to keep there job other year. |
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Not a CEO
@suddenlink.net | Not Surprised
Its nice to be at the top. It seems this is the place to be in any company. Do nothing, bankrupt your organization, and get paid millions! |
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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
 ·Optimum Online
| reply to hayabusa3303
Re: better idea
said by hayabusa3303  :Quit giving Ceo pay increases and just tell them THEY get to keep there job other year. Better yet, don't give them a pay raise and tell them to hit the road. Then replace them with someone competent.
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| said by n2jtx :Better yet, don't give them a pay raise and tell them to hit the road. Then replace them with someone competent. Blame the shareholders who allow for this type of thing to occur.
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DataRiker
Premium
join:2002-05-19
Metairie, LA
clubs: | wrong
This screams everything that is wrong with America |
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trustee
@comcast.net | reward for great first 1/4
reward for great first quarter - listen to upcoming announcement |
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trustee
@comcast.net | reward for great first 1/4 |
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Dolgan
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join:2005-10-01
Sun Prairie, WI | reply to ropeguru
Re: And this is a surprise??
You're a fool to believe that Verizon even remotely wants the territory back. Another small ILEC [ie Century Tel/Frontier] would be the most likely canidate to pick up Fairpoint if it fails. |
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SteveCon
IBEW 2222 Boston, MA
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join:2004-09-02
Burlington, MA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to ropeguru
Like the previous poster stated: Verizon wants no part of this territory. It is far too expensive to deploy new fiber technology or even maintain the existing copper plant in such a sparsely populated area. I bet Verizon would unload western and possibly central MA if it could. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| reply to pnh102
Re: better idea
said by pnh102 :said by n2jtx :Better yet, don't give them a pay raise and tell them to hit the road. Then replace them with someone competent. Blame the shareholders who allow for this type of thing to occur. Yep, its the old boys club. Even if you own stock, your vote is meaningless »finance.yahoo.com/q/mh?s=FRP, and any single person investors always proxy their vote away anyways. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO
·VOIPo
| reply to n2jtx
said by n2jtx :said by hayabusa3303 :Quit giving Ceo pay increases and just tell them THEY get to keep there job other year. Better yet, don't give them a pay raise and tell them to hit the road. Then replace them with someone competent. ^This |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Comcast
| reply to patcat88
said by patcat88 : Even if you own stock, your vote is meaningless » finance.yahoo.com/q/mh?s=FRP, and any single person investors always proxy their vote away anyways. I don't. I always vote for what I think is best for me. But I admit I am in the minority.
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GenBlood
join:2005-04-14
Nashua, NH | This is TOTALLY .. MESSED UP !!!
This is why the US is becoming a third world
country .... just like Africa ... Only a few
rich people an the rest poor ..
FairPoint losses millions and they give the people
in charge " BONUSES and big salaries " |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
| reply to hayabusa3303
Re: better idea
with the current economy you could likely hire execs who are better at their jobs and willing to work for less.
which the investors would like as it means more money not going into over inflated salaries.
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Time
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join:2003-07-05
 ·Dish Network
·Cox HSI
 ·Embarq
| reply to GenBlood
Re: This is TOTALLY .. MESSED UP !!!
said by GenBlood :This is why the US is becoming a third world country .... just like Africa ... Only a few rich people an the rest poor .. FairPoint losses millions and they give the people in charge " BONUSES and big salaries " Typically, individuals in third world countries don't have solid homes and a vehicle parked outside. What you consider to be "poor", is what an individual in a third world country would consider to be wealthy. |
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ptrowski
Got Helix?
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join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
clubs:
·VOIPo
·Metrocast Communic..
·AT&T DSL Service
·ViaTalk
| reply to SteveCon
Re: And this is a surprise??
said by SteveCon :Like the previous poster stated: Verizon wants no part of this territory. It is far too expensive to deploy new fiber technology or even maintain the existing copper plant in such a sparsely populated area. I bet Verizon would unload western and possibly central MA if it could. Not sure about central Mass. I have quite a few friends that are moving to the Shirley area because it is somewhat "affordable". I would imagine that will be built up next with some substantial developments.
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bac522
join:2003-08-04
Manchester, NH
| reply to SteveCon
WRONG!!!! Verizon actually didn't want to give up southern NH, but Fairpoint said no deal with out southern NH being part of the sale.
I love you people who don't know squat, don't sit in executive meetings, probably don't even own stock yet seem to know though some mysterious osmosis that you know what Verizon does and doesn't want. |
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vv1r3d
@centurytel.net
| wow...
In response to the Air Force guy..... THIS IS 3rd WORLD... to what we used to be, think about what America has done, and what we have lost. My family has been here for over 200 years, and lived in Missouri for over 175 of them. America was once thriving, with ideas everywhere... now our goverment is scared of the "new" and "now" and paranoid that the people might want a change. America has invented: The light bulb, Automobile as we know it today, Computer, Internet, Cotton Gin, Peanut Butter, you name it... we even invented Fortune Cookies (look it up). That is where it ends, we then let someone else improve it because once someone makes money they get lazy.
I could go on all day, but I think I will let someone else have some of this page. |
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