mike31mets
join:2004-10-30
Bronx, NY
| Provisions in the deal
A person I know that worked in the negotiations between the city and Verizon said this:
"Verizon has 66 central office facilities to upgrade to video across the City, and although there is a schedule in the agreement showing what numerical percentage of the households in each borough will be passed each year, the schedule does not prescribe the build by specific neighborhood. We do have a provision in the agreement that requires Verizon to show, as of 2010, 2011 and 2012, that the homes in the City where it has wired do not in the aggregate have an average household income that exceeds the Citywide average household income. That's to make sure Verizon doesn't wire all the rich neighborhoods first."
So as far as Verizon just wiring up the wealthy areas, and then forgetting the rest and paying the associated fees, that most likely won't happen. |
