swintec
Premium
join:2003-12-19
Alfred, ME
 ·RapidVPS
·surpasshosting
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·VoicePulse
 ·RoadRunner Cable
|  Fairpoint...
When fairpoint got Verizon up here..they continued to offer DirectTv service. In fact, I assume they inked a new agreement since Fairpoint has it listed as an option on there website.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Dish will
Be begging for a deal... or getting ready to sink.
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psilocybin
join:2007-07-19
Monroe, NY | FIOS Users
I'd like to know what happens to those 110K FIOS Users. I fear for them. Maybe Frontier will decide to rollout fiber in their entire footprint. j/k |
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jchambers28
join:2007-05-12
Alma, AR | whats going to suck is for people who rent apartments who can't put up a satellite dish will have to convert to cable. |
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yolarry
join:2007-12-29
Creston, WV
 ·HughesNet Satellit..
| said by jchambers28  :whats going to suck is for people who rent apartments who can't put up a satellite dish will have to convert to cable. My suggest is to just get DSL and phone package.
I think FIOS will still be Verizon. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
| reply to jchambers28
You can put up a Dish if you live in an apartment. That is FUD and has been changed. There is an actual FCC Rule that requires owners to give that option otherwise face the FCC and the Court.
Also many apartments now offer private cable and internet systems to their residents. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | Frontier states the obvious!
The sale is expected to take up to a year to close so why would anyone expect things to change before 9 to 12 months. |
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darcilicious
Cyber Librarian
Premium
join:2001-01-02
Forest Grove, OR
 ·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
| reply to yolarry
Re: FIOS Users
said by yolarry :I think FIOS will still be Verizon. Not in the states like OR, WA, and IN that have FiOS and are part of this deal. We'll have fiber but it won't be a part of the Verizon network/company/billing/support/etc. |
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jchambers28
join:2007-05-12
Alma, AR | reply to hottboiinnc
My land lord will not let me put another dish she told me if I did they would evict me. |
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SuperJoker
join:2005-11-21
Yermo, CA
 ·Verizon Online DSL
1 edit | reply to darcilicious
said by darcilicious :said by yolarry :I think FIOS will still be Verizon. Not in the states like OR, WA, and IN that have FiOS and are part of this deal. We'll have fiber but it won't be a part of the Verizon network/company/billing/support/etc. And to think Verizon is still sending get FiOS PR out here and with No intention of actually delivering more than the status quo. |
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SuperJoker
join:2005-11-21
Yermo, CA
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to hottboiinnc
said by hottboiinnc :You can put up a Dish if you live in an apartment. That is FUD and has been changed. There is an actual FCC Rule that requires owners to give that option otherwise face the FCC and the Court. Also many apartments now offer private cable and internet systems to their residents. I believe the same rule also applies to Condo HOAs too(Home Owner Associations), As one HOA official(the Treasurer) at one time said HOA rules are above everything else including the US Government(No one should be above the Law), She wouldn't budge(She rented Her 2 Condos of the 12 units there, I owned 1 & lived there with My Mother), So not too long after that I left and sold My place, My Mom and I made $20,000 on that place back then which got plowed into another house, Sometime soon after needless to say I had My revenge later as the Condo market I'd heard went into a steep dive some months later, too bad, so sad. Today She'd have the FCC and the Courts to deal with I'd expect. |
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SuperJoker
join:2005-11-21
Yermo, CA
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to jchambers28
said by jchambers28 :My land lord will not let me put another dish she told me if I did they would evict me. Call Your Senator, Congressperson and the FCC and complain and in writing if needed via snail mail(Hey the USPS needs You), I think Your land lord may be wrong, A lot of people here put dishes up, The land lord doesn't care as long as their done by a professional installer. |
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Bob61571
join:2008-08-08
Washington, IL
·Verizon Online DSL
·DIRECTV
| Yes, renters may have satellite dishes, with restrictions. FCC has spent years working on this.
see this recent column
»www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c···6MP3.DTL
and info from Federal Communications Commission
»www.fcc.gov/mb/facts/otard.html |
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fiber4ever
join:2001-07-26
Beaverton, OR
| kicked to the curb
Im a verizon fios tech in oregon and I am getting more pissed off every minute. I keep reading all this crap about "rural" and I can't speak for Indiana or South Carolina, but a lot of verizon's territory in Oregon and Washington, especially around Seattle and Portland, is FAR from rural. It's the suburbs, highly populated, lots of large houses and apartments and lots of picky people who expect quality service. This aint an area where houses are 2 miles apart and separated by dirt roads. Employees and customers in these states were basically "laid off" from Verizon in this transaction. Frontier better come with their "A" game or this will get ugly, service-wise and employment-wise. Thanks for allowing me to vent... |
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Bob61571
join:2008-08-08
Washington, IL
·Verizon Online DSL
·DIRECTV
| Sir, if you follow DSL Reports, you must know that Verizon is shedding these few scattered farmers to concentrate on the much more attractive metro areas for their FiOS investments.
Please encourage your hillbilly country folk Ma and Pa Kettle customers to abandon their outhouses, and move to places like NY City, or DC.
(meant as satire) |
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cabletvtech
@npgco.com
| i feel sorry
I feel sorry for the people getting picked up by frontier. Frontier was the phone company in new york when i lived there, and here where i live in arizona. In both location, frontiers service is garbage, there phone service is ok but there dsl is the worst product i have ever had. These folks getting frontier may have better luck because it was previously verizon, but if the verizon plant is not in good shape dont expect frontier to invest to upgrade it, as they arent upgrading the plant here in bullhead even tho its 30 years old at least, and yet they continue to sell dsl service, thats advertised at 7/3 and if your lucky you pull down 4/1 |
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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| land of opportunity
verizon isn't exactly doing such a great job anymore since every other competitor significantly lowered the bar on expectations for deployment, price & service offering competitiveness. frontier may have problems, but nothing a nice sized bankruptcy couldn't deal with. once the debt is offloaded they will have a much easier time upgrading service areas with nice shiny fttp equipment. the banks are out to screw everyone anyways so why not screw them back with offloaded debt. if it's good enough for chrysler (and a slew of others over the past decades), it's good enough for frontier. the company isn't so big that it would hurt their branding, market share, or buying / borrowing power like it would a verizon or comcast.
fyi, for the verizon tech in the thread.. sorry, but frontier may not be paying what verizon was with their comfy union job... so if you have better opportunities elsewhere you may as well get that resume out there! |
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RAD
@curchin.com
| Calling all Verizon Techs...
All Verizon Techs should call and listen to the recorded conference call w/Ivan about the Frontier deal (will be deleted after Monday).
1-800-677-1310
AT THIS TIME, NO FURTHER FIOS WILL BE DONE AFTER 2010.
What does this mean for us? Any thoughts on FIOS & Copper in Jersey? Is Verizon planning massive layoffs for the next contract? What's the union doing?
Appreciate ALL input!!! |
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cdru
Go Colts
Premium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
| reply to SuperJoker
Re: FIOS Users
You can put up a dish as long as you have exclusive control over the property. So if you have a private balcony or patio, then you can.
However, the OTARD ruling Bob61571 linked to does not grant permission for you to modify any existing structure, so you wouldn't have automatic permission to screw/bolt/drill into a building.
There is also a requirement that the dish must be grounded, and current NEC doesn't allow you to tie to a cold water pipe anymore, so if they wanted to be sticklers, they can still prohibit it via a code violation. |
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cdru
Go Colts
Premium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
| reply to Sammer
Re: Frontier states the obvious!
said by Sammer :The sale is expected to take up to a year to close so why would anyone expect things to change before 9 to 12 months. Because there are already people trying to get out of contracts/commitments before any change in service happens or is even announced. |
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