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| I dont blame the PUC I don't blame the PUC at all...Verizon wanted to go and it is only a business, and were not a Communist country so we cant make them stay (we could but it wouldn't be good). The PUC's were stuck they were forced into a decision that they knew was bad, but if Verizon was here, the network would just degrade until the PUC allowed them to leave. Its crappy for the customers, but what can you do.
Frankly i hope Fairpoint goes away....Hopefully AT&T will buy them cause we all know VZ wont...Or Northern New England will become CLEC territory. Besides it would be nice to get UVerse wouldn't it?? |
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 tschmidtPremium,MVM
join:2000-11-12
Milford, NH
kudos:5
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| I too tend to be charitable to VT/NH/ME PUCs. It was clear Verizon was uninterested in northern New England. If the were prohibited from selling it is unlikely they would continue to invest in FIOS in urban and DSL in rural areas. Going with Fairpoint was a gamble - at least they had a business model geared to rural areas.
To their credit they did get the price lowered some. Will be interesting to see what creditors decide to do. It doesn't help that due to changeover problems they have lost more landline customers then expected. That has be be hurting profitability.
/tom
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DolganPremium
join:2005-10-01
Sun Prairie, WI Reviews:
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| I heartily disagree with you on this point. It was/is the duty of the FCC, PUC, and SEC to act in the best interest of the consumer--not Verizon. The regulatory bodies failed to enforce the regulations created by the Telecom Reform Act, and let the ILECS stamp out competition. The ILEC designation means you are the carrier of last resort, and have the highest duty to provide service...no matter what the cost is. The hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses paid to the VZ executives, since the formation of the company, would more than have paid for the maintenance of the copper infrastructure and the deployment of DSL deeper into rural areas. The lack of common sense regulations, equally applied to the cable cos and telcos is what is truly hurting the industry. As long as the regulatory bodies can be coerced into adopting policies that favor the companies interests over the consumer interests, this BS will continue. |
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tschmidtPremium,MVM
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Milford, NH
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| said by Dolgan:It was/is the duty of the FCC, PUC, and SEC to act in the best interest of the consumer--not Verizon. The regulatory bodies failed to enforce the regulations created by the Telecom Reform Act, and let the ILECS stamp out competition. Not sure I understand your point.
Verizon dumped Northern New England because it did not want to invest and upgrade data network (DSL and FIOS) in low density states. Internet access is an unregulated activity.
Unbundled network elements (UNE) regulations were scaled back when Telcos refused to build out Remote Terminals and Fiber until FCC backed off Fiber sharing rules. That puts CLECs at a disadvantage since they only have access to copper loop.
NH has a facility based CLEC, G4communications.
Wouldn't the fact Verizon does not have to share wholesale fiber make rolling out fiber more rather then less attractive financially? I fail to see how unbundling rules make it less likely they would leave.
I don't want to defend Verizon or FCC, I think we need a Federal Broadband policy, but once Verizon made it known it did not want Northern New England there was little the PUCs could do. Either accept the sale to FairPoint or set up a state run network.
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| Just a fun fact in NH their is another facilities CLEC, BayRing. But I believe their facilities are more towards the seacoast. I think the CLEC's in NH understand the need for their own facilities. |
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