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Re: Hold Government Accountable
said by pnh102  :said by majortom1029 :Great neck stated it takes months to get verizon to actually respond back to the town . So dont blame great neck. verizon should learn to actually talk to the towns in a speedy manner. As if the town is going to admit it made a mistake. Verizon, if it is smart, isn't going to spend the kind of money needed to wire up a place unless it knew it would be able to do business there. There's definitely more to this story. In the meantime, this is yet another example of government holding us back technologically. The FIOS is there, the government should get off its butt and grant the franchise so we can move ahead. And who is to say that Great Neck isn't telling the truth. Here you are saying that it is the govt's fault without KNOWING THE WHOLE STORY. Talking about the pot calling the kettle black. Maybe you should find out the whole story BEFORE accusing govt. of being wrong.
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pnh102
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| said by ropeguru :And who is to say that Great Neck isn't telling the truth. Here you are saying that it is the govt's fault without KNOWING THE WHOLE STORY. It's government. It should always be presumed that it does the wrong thing, as it did here, until proven otherwise.
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ropeguru
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| said by pnh102 :said by ropeguru :And who is to say that Great Neck isn't telling the truth. Here you are saying that it is the govt's fault without KNOWING THE WHOLE STORY. It's government. It should always be presumed that it does the wrong thing, as it did here, until proven otherwise. That is pure bullsh!t!! No wonder this country is the way it is. I don't trust govt either. But I also don't trust big mega monopolies either.
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pnh102
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| said by ropeguru :That is pure bullsh!t!! No wonder this country is the way it is. Why? Verizon delivered the FIOS. The local government sat, did nothing, and when it came to the realization that it had made a mistake, instead of doing the right thing, it chose to prevent its citizens from having the latest and greatest technology.
How many threads on this website do we see every week telling how "sucky" US broadband is? Verizon is one of the few companies that is actually doing something to counter this, and yet the government holds it back. Whose fault is that?
said by ropeguru : I don't trust govt either. But I also don't trust big mega monopolies either. Verizon is no monopoly. Their Internet service competes directly with cable. Their TV offerings compete directly with cable and satellite. Their phone offerings compete directly with VOIP and cellular service.
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KrK
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| said by pnh102 :Verizon delivered the FIOS. The local government sat, did nothing, and when it came to the realization that it had made a mistake, Verizon did nothing to get the franchise agreement before deploying. It's their screw up. Then when Verizon discovered their own mistake, they forcibly removed service.
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pnh102
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| said by KrK :Verizon did nothing to get the franchise agreement before deploying. It's their screw up. Then when Verizon discovered their own mistake, they forcibly removed service. Again, there has to be more to this story. I don't believe for a second that Verizon, which is accountable to its shareholders for every penny it spends, is going to deploy very costly FIOS service to places where it cannot even legally sell it.
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| said by pnh102 :said by KrK :Verizon did nothing to get the franchise agreement before deploying. It's their screw up. Then when Verizon discovered their own mistake, they forcibly removed service. Again, there has to be more to this story. I don't believe for a second that Verizon, which is accountable to its shareholders for every penny it spends, is going to deploy very costly FIOS service to places where it cannot even legally sell it. FiOS is not only TV. |
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| pnh probably works for verizon |
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batterup
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pnh probably works for verizon
So says the anon cable stooge. |
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