said by ISurfTooMuch:said by Cheese:said by ISurfTooMuch: And, since these types of folks often have a very high opinion of themselves, they aren't going to take the advice of a bunch of posters on an Internet forum.
And they need to listen to people on here why?
Well, for one thing, if they'd bothered to listen, maybe they wouldn't have gotten themselves into such a horrible deal. It's been no secret here that Verizon was dumping these more rural areas, and it's been known for years that the copper plant in these areas has essentially been allowed to rot. And not to mention the fact that wireline phone service has been in decline for the last decade or so, and cable has been eating DSL's lunch for about the same time period. None of this is to say that you can't turn things around, but you'd better be ready to hit the ground running with some major upgrades to the network the moment you sign the deal.
If the FairPoint folks had been paying attention, they'd know this.
For one thing, a business, for the most part, is not going to listen to end users on a message board, especially regarding a acquisition/merger.