Dr Droo
@1-x.net
| Re: FairPoint gives us no reason to hope for the best... Camden does have some wireless ISPs that may actually serve your remote home area on 900mhz. Midcoast.com is one such company that serves there, you may want to try them if you haven't already.
I do think that Verizon will keep and maybe even expand FIOS through Southern New Hampshire the rest of the way and then claim, "We're not the dialtone guys, we're just the FIOS guys". Similar has been done in AT&T markets in So Cal, where Verizon offers FIOS, but has never had a copper plant.
In other words, Verizon can have their cake AND eat it too. They don't want a copper business anymore, but this way they'd not be forced to upgrade places to fiber, they just could if they decided they wanted to.
I do agree with your thoughts that Fairpoint's plans seem empty. Also - Fairpoint has made it known they intend to use/keep their rural exemptions in their existing markets as well. That means the largest choice in those markets is "Fairpoint (max 1.5/1.0 DSL) for 79.99". No competition in data or in voice services on those copper networks.
If Verizon wanted to sell these markets to AT&T (though I'm not an AT&T fan in the least), then that might be something to entertain. However, selling to essentially a 'two-men and a truck' telco that is well disliked in the tri-state region completely defies logic.
I have yet to see one Fairpoint customer anywhere in the US that is content or happy with their service. However, I've seen many posts from people in FL, VT, ME that absolutely hate their Fairpoint service.
The standard shouldn't be the empty promises. It should be what Fairpoint has done up to this point. If their past performance is the standard, this acquisition shouldn't be allowed. |
