| Get Real I love it when all you folks who have never stepped foot in West Virginia, much less done business here, pontificate about the Frontier transaction and oppose it. And you call us ignorant. Stop the deal so Verizon can invest more? Do more broadband? Grow jobs? Yes, rural broadband is challenging but unless someone like Frontier -- who has done rural broadband -- steps in, the likelihood of Verizon taking West Virginia back and showing us love is nil. They are not going to change a business strategy so it stands to reason they will simply look for another buyer, one that is not already in the state and knows how to do broadband here. Not invest. I understand more than half of all Verizon jobs here are not necessary just to serve the state, so guess what is likely to happen? Complain all you want about them, but we hillbillies need someone to do broadband who wants to do it for us. Wants to be here. These folks at Frontier serve some of the most remotest areas of the state, so they have a clue. I will take them warts and all. |
