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Re: problems with deployment... said by tmc8080:Umm, btw, do any of the cable companies have exemption from property taxes on their assets in the state? Just wondering. They are exempt, as well as some utilities companies.
Verizon is just asking for them not to take away the break for now. But this state is so fuxed up because of spending that they need the income. So they go after the big guy. But the won't go after #2 or #3.
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| I dont think this really about taxes, this is about the towns in Mass negotiating with Verizon for ridiculous amounts of money and other forms of compensation. From what I understand some of the towns want roads resurfaced, street light+traffic lights replaced and other totally irrelevant things each town decides. How long can a company even with pockets as deep as Verizon's stay afloat- the fiber deployment is already be an estimated 23 billion dollars nationwide. If you tack on another $200,000 per town- thats alot of money no matter how big a company is. I think this is more of a scare tactic than anything else. fios has already been deployed in most of the areas surrounding boston, some may call that "cherry picking"- i call that smart business. There is no way in hell even a company like Verizon could afford to put fiber up in the majority of western Mass- too much area and too few subscribers. |
