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Re: Old News... said by Marckus0513:But either way I feel that if Montgomery County wants to play hardball with Verizon with their FIOS deployment that Verizon should skip over Montgomery County and deploy in an area that will welcome them. There are many many areas that would love to have Verizon FIOS and Verizon should go there. If the government of Montgomery County wants to limit the growth of new services for their residents so be it! Marckus  I would agree with you but I have 2 points.
First, if Verizon wants to bypass Montgomery County, then they should be able to BUT they may NOT stop anyone else from servicing the county if they agree to the county rules. If any other company would like to wire up Montgomery County with fiber, then neither Verizon nor Comcast should have ANY say in the matter.
Second, Montgomery County is acting this way not to limit growth but because of Comcast's prior dealings. Do a search and you will see how Comcast provided, in many cases, sub-standard service and refused to even acknowledge the problem, much less fix it. The broadband bill of rights »Broadband Bill of Rights was in response to the way Comcast treated the county. "Make your bed, now sleep in it." Now Verizon is going to get the same treatment because of the level of trust that exists. |
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I could be wrong though. |
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Telecomm services in Montgomery County are deplorable. I'm a Verizon customer and I'd like to say the new whiz-bang-zip-FiOS service is horrible for this reason alone. Verizon migrates all of their existing customers on copper phonelines over to FiOS. What is the big deal? Well anyone who decides, 'I don't like Verizon's phone services, I think I'll switch' is in for a rude awakening. You can't. You are stuck! Verizon purposely did that to 'trap' existing customers. Verizon is losing their POTS(copper lines) like the flood gates opened in Rome. So to keep the few customers they have they are moving them to Fiber. This removes choice and options to the consumer. Now what do you call this boys and girls? A monopoly, that is right. Well, not totally, this is more an 'artificial' monopoly. You allow only your service on your fibers so your customers have no choice. I'll be filing a complaint with the Maryland Public Utilities Commission and naming a few of those very unwilling to assist Verizon employees in my complaint. Beware of FiOS. Get telephone services elswhere before getting the FiOS internet. You will be sorry if you don't do that first.  |
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1 edit | I'm not sure I completely agree with your assessment...
I have FIOS; one phone line on Fiber one still POTS.. what's the big deal?
I sure wouldn't use the other broadband provider here in the county .... and personally, as soon as FIOS TV is available (I wish it were soon rather than later) I'll be saying buh-by ... I can hardly wait...
As it is; my tv pixilates and when I call the TV service; all they can say is "We can schedule a technician".... we'll see what they can do to fix this... but I tend to suspect it as being a case where the data can't be provided consistently to the converter box... |
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This forum has had several threads about keeping copper phonelines. If you do file a complaint with PUC, please keep us posted. |
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Umm yea, what "competition" are you speaking of? CLECS !!?? lol Yea, theres a true competition. You have no valid points. Youre talking about other companies that RESELL verizons product. Time to enter into the 21st century my friend. RBOC's Vs Cable Vs wireless. CLECS are a ridiculous form of telecom competition and its time for them to become extinct.
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said by childofosi:I'll be filing a complaint with the Maryland Public Utilities Commission and naming a few of those very unwilling to assist Verizon employees in my complaint. Yeah, good luck with that.
Just to remind you, because of their dealing with Constellation Power Group and the recent electric deregulation screw up, they have all been fired and will be replaced with a new board.  |
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