deadzoned
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Baton Rouge, LA
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| reply to bugabuga
Re: Better than nothing at all
Looking at the terms of the agreement, it looks both good and bad. I suppose it is a major plus to even have Verizon laying fiber in New York but at what cost?
A duopoly is not that much better than a monopoly. Cable rates still rise and typically Verizon follows suit - because they can due to the fact that it's just 2 players. They don't necessarily collude together and specifically meet to work together to raise prices but it does happen anyway. When you have only 2 games in town for service that's what happens.
There appears to be several commitments that Verizon can and will wiggle out of. In the future, I don't see Verizon meeting many of the guidelines it's agreed to. After all, Verizon does have a long history of not following through all the way on commitments unless it sees them as profitable. I guess we shall see. |
