whiteyonenh
join:2004-08-09
Keene, NH
clubs:
 ·RoadRunner Cable
|  Improvement plan? Like what?
I'd like to know what kind of improvement plan that Fairpoint has, we have Comcast in much of NH now upgraded to DOCSIS3/2.0, offering 12/2 for the base $42.95 tier. Then we have Time Warner offering 8/512 and 15/1. Where does Fairpoint fit in, they've already lost the broadband race here in much of the state. They also were saddled with a lot of debt from Verizon when the sale went through. With the billing and other issues with the switchover, I can't even count how many people that I am friends with that have switched to cable. Time Warner is running some very good promotions, same with Comcast. I can't see where Fairpoint can fit in. |
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL | man...
Sounds like that regulatory body needs to be purged!
Everyone knew this was coming....pay attention potential Frontier customers.
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morbo
Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
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clubs:
·Charter Pipeline
 ·AT&T Southwest
| said by S_engineer  :Everyone knew this was coming....pay attention potential Frontier customers. worth repeating. |
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whfsdude
Premium
join:2003-04-05
Washington, DC | Pessimistic
I'm having a hard time believing this is anything important. They can't even get billing right or maintain their copper for T1 lines. |
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SteveCon
IBEW 2222 Boston, MA
Premium
join:2004-09-02
Burlington, MA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Who knew?
Everyone except for the regulators, obviously.
Anyway, I sympathize with those w/o service. I had my NH phone taken off "vacation suspend" in April and the service was on within a few days, as promised. Surprise!
I called to activate CID two weeks later and they said they couldn't add it because another order was "pending" The other order was the restoration from vacation suspend which had been completed (or so I thought) two weeks prior. It's been 3 weeks as of last weekend and still no CID. How difficult is it to add CID to a line that is already working?? A couple of taps on a keyboard and it's back into translations - case closed. If they can't get this activated in 3 or 4 weeks, I feel sorry for anyone still without a dial tone - it could be a long, quiet summer.
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ISurfTooMuch
join:2007-04-23
Tuscaloosa, AL
| reply to whiteyonenh
Re: Improvement plan? Like what?
My guess is that they're going to put themselves on the market soon, either publicly or in a hush-hush way. Shortly after that, they'll get bought out.
As to who will do the buying, my guesses, in order of likliehood, are:
1. CenturyTel (or CenturyLink, whoever they are now)
2. Frontier
3. AT&T
4. Verizon
If the buyer is Verizon, I'd predict they'll wait until FairPoint goes into bankruptcy so they don't have to take on as much debt. That way, they'd get those areas back and make a nice profit in the selling off and buying back, then they could turn around and sell the whole thing again. |
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wifi4milez
Big Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY
·Verizon FIOS
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·RoadRunner Cable
 ·BroadVoice
| said by ISurfTooMuch :If the buyer is Verizon, I'd predict they'll wait until FairPoint goes into bankruptcy so they don't have to take on as much debt. That way, they'd get those areas back and make a nice profit in the selling off and buying back, then they could turn around and sell the whole thing again. Good business move in my opinion, good strategy too.
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
·Qwest.net
| Well I had hidden cameras there
Here is the anti P2P enforcement unit | 
This is the VDSL unit |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
| reply to ISurfTooMuch
Re: Improvement plan? Like what?
VZ won't but them back. They got rid of them for a reason. ATT won't be allowed to take them over. The Feds will block that. Remember Bush and his team is gone. Major mergers are over for four years, that's why Alltel and VZ rushed to get that approved. ATT is still waiting on the go ahead for Cent. Wireless. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | reply to SteveCon
Re: Who knew?
Depends on where you live with CID. ATT still says its a service added manually at the CO and takes between 3-5 business days to activate it. |
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ISurfTooMuch
join:2007-04-23
Tuscaloosa, AL | reply to hottboiinnc
Re: Improvement plan? Like what?
I don't think they'd buy them back for the long run, no, but if they could get them back at a rock-bottom price they might, then they could flip those properties and make even more money off them. |
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jester121
Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL
 ·surpasshosting
·ViaTalk
| reply to hottboiinnc
said by hottboiinnc : Remember Bush and his team is gone. Major mergers are over for four years, that's why Alltel and VZ rushed to get that approved. *snicker* That's not why mergers are over for four years. (except of course, mergers/acquisitions/liquidations/takeovers that come about by executive order without any legal standing). |
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tubbynet
reminds me of the danse russe
Premium
join:2008-01-16
Chandler, AZ | discipline....
well...if their ultra-secret improvement plan doesn't work, someone should put them on double-secret probation...
q. |
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sbcretired
join:2006-01-07
Scottville, MI
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to ISurfTooMuch
Re: Improvement plan? Like what?
said by ISurfTooMuch :My guess is that they're going to put themselves on the market soon, either publicly or in a hush-hush way. Shortly after that, they'll get bought out. As to who will do the buying, my guesses, in order of likliehood, are: 1. CenturyTel (or CenturyLink, whoever they are now) 2. Frontier 3. AT&T 4. Verizon If the buyer is Verizon, I'd predict they'll wait until FairPoint goes into bankruptcy so they don't have to take on as much debt. That way, they'd get those areas back and make a nice profit in the selling off and buying back, then they could turn around and sell the whole thing again. So here in our locale, Verizon sold off the outside copper and local C.O.'s but kept the Cellular and Long Distance. Guess who the buyer is TA-DA, Fairpoint.
I wonder if they bit off more than they can chew? |
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a union member
@verizon.net
| They told you!!!
Just to make a point, people on the site love to bash Telco union employees. But it was the CWA and the IBEW, stated that these problem were going to happen. Customers and citizens of these Fairpoint territories should blame themselves, and there state government for this mess. |
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mouseferatu
Too many cats, Too many mice
Premium,MVM
join:2004-03-16
Im not sure
clubs:
·Verizon FIOS
·Fairpoint Communic..
·Comcast
| reply to tubbynet
Re: discipline....
said by tubbynet :well...if their ultra-secret improvement plan doesn't work, someone should put them on double-secret probation... I absolutely agree.
However, according to the NH Union Leader, FP was put on double secret probation back on April 18, 2009.
»NH puts FairPoint on Double-Secret Probation...
So, at this point, they must be headed for triple secret probation!! 
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tubbynet
reminds me of the danse russe
Premium
join:2008-01-16
Chandler, AZ
·Cox HSI
·Callcentric
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·FrontierNet Intern..
| said by mouseferatu :So, at this point, they must be headed for triple secret probation!! oh noes! the intertubez might be enderz for all of fairpointz uber-1337 peoplez!
q.
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tim_k
Buttons, Bows, Beamer, Shadow, Kasey
Premium
join:2002-02-02
Stewartstown, PA
·Millenicom
 ·WildBlue
| reply to a union member
Re: They told you!!!
said by a union member :
Just to make a point, people on the site love to bash Telco union employees. But it was the CWA and the IBEW, stated that these problem were going to happen. Customers and citizens of these Fairpoint territories should blame themselves, and there state government for this mess.
The people and the unions didn't pad the right pockets 
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