| A SCAM and you the taxpayer will pay for it ! Well you have to love it.
The following statement was in a letter on Oct,14 2009, It was sent to
Lawrence E. Strickling, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
1401 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20230
Re: Vermont State Priorities for the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP)
"Our most highly recommended applications are the proposals of Vermont Telephone and FairPoint
Communications in the Infrastructure category, the Vermont Council on Rural Development in the Sustainable
Broadband Adoption category, and the Vermont Department of Libraries in the Public Computing Centers
category.
Vermont has engaged in significant efforts to improve access to broadband service. In 2007, Governor Douglas
sought and received overwhelming support from the Vermont Legislature for the passage of Act 79, which
established the goal of universal access to broadband and mobile wireless services in Vermont. Vermont has
sought and received binding regulatory commitments from major telecommunications companies, including
FairPoint Communications, Inc. (FairPoint) to expand broadband service in Vermont. FairPoint has done an
excellent job of meeting these commitments.
The new service area proposed by FairPoint in Vermont would make additional expansions to households
without broadband service in one of the most remote regions of Vermont, the Northeast Kingdom. Because the
service area proposed by FairPoint would qualify as a “remote” area under the Broadband Initiatives Program
(BIP), Vermont supports FairPoint’s request for grant funding under that program. However, if not funded by
BIP, we would also recommend FairPoint’s proposal to you under BTOP.1"
SO my fears came true, Fair point has had many complaints throughout Maine, NH and Vermont.
Our state in its wisdom supports FairPoint in its request for federal money in not one program but two.
Now putting an extra tax burden on all taxpayers in America.
At the same time this is going on the file for bankruptcy !!! What a scam
SEE -
»www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2009/10···942.html
I would love to start and run a company like Fairpoint using tax payers dollars while running
it into the ground so I do not have to pay bills.
What a scam.
Could it be, the recent bad publishing's about Burlington telecomm is being used to hide the TRUTH behind Fairpoint
What a scam.
Lobbyists from large incumbent telecomms invest millions upon millions of dollars fighting honest community run networks
What a scam.
Who is looking to grab your tax dollars - Community based networks or the larger Privately run Telcos
What a scam
Larger based telcos claim community based networks do not know what they are doing. Well who is going bankrupt?
What a scam.
A good private / public local Fiber optic to the home telecommunications network run by an elected board is the only honest way
way the United States will survive
Please contact The NTIA as well as your local state reps on this issue |
