JohnAPremium
join:2003-09-16
Pittsburgh, PA | reply to JTRockville
Re: Verizon Goes to Court to bring FIOS TV to Mont County MD said by JTRockville:If I read this correctly, VZ just agreed to upgrade their entire footprint in the state of NJ within 6 years, regardless of density. » www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills···4_I1.HTMSo why is VZ putting up such a fuss in MC about density? Why not agree to upgrade the entire footprint, like they did in NJ? You're off on a tangent, JT. These talks hung on primary issues. They probably never got to density, other than initial proposals. This is one of the straws MC grasped to try and make themselves look better.
The areas you're ranting about are not done. They have to be included in the future build side. If I had to deal with Rockville I'd want ten years too. Might take 7 years of no activity in Rockville, to get reasonable ROW rates out of them. |
 JTRockvilleData HoPremium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
 ·Verizon FiOS
| I'm just pointing out differences in what Verizon's willing to do in other jurisdictions vs what they're willing to agree to in MC. Why do you call that a rant? I don't even have any skin in this game, since I'm not likely to see the light until I move (which will be probably be never). As far as I can tell, Verizon refused to agree to upgrade the entire county. If Verizon has disputed Romer's claim about that, I'd love to see a link.
Has Verizon's entire footprint in NJ already been upgraded? If not, then I'm still left wondering why Verizon would agree to cover (presumably) less dense areas in NJ, but put up a stink about denser areas in MC.
If VZ has issues with Rockville's ROW fees (they'd be fools not to), they ought to have filed suit against Rockville, rather than try to exlude Rockville from the franchise agreement. Rockville's fees have been a known issue for years now, and it seems Verizon would have an easy time making a case for their unreasonableness. So if VZ's refusal to upgrade Rockville is really a fee dispute, it's an odd choice of venue.
Rockville's fees aside... what explains Verizon's unwillingness to cover the other areas they're unwilling to commit to in MC? It wouldn't surprise me if they all had unreasonable fees too, but I have no evidence to hang that claim on.
Do you think Verizon would simply prefer to negotiation smaller footprints in MD? |
