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Verizon Touts Fiber Growth

Verizon's FiOS fiber-optic network is now delivering high-speed data service to one million customers and will soon be providing TV service to half a million customers, Verizon Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg announced during a keynote address Wednesday at the Nxtcomm trade show in Chicago.

from: The Daily Record

Big hang up: Verizon fails to offer users local access

Some subscribers say stations were to be available right away

BY MICHAEL DAIGLE
DAILY RECORD
Sunday, June 17, 2007

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Cable TV subscribers switching to Verizon from their town-licensed provider are losing access to the local, free channel used by the public, educators and local government.

from: Light Reading

State Video Franchise Push Grows
JUNE 11, 2007

Ah, the video franchise. Obtaining it is one of the final steps a carrier must take in order to provide television service to a community. Getting one is an arduous task that can take up to two years to complete for each community and has become a big thorn in the side of AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T - message board) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ - message board) as they deploy their new TV services.

from: Boston Globe

Verizon seems to flip-flop on local video approvals
Firm tells investors need to get local OK's not hurting TV rollout

By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff | June 5, 2007

Report On Verizon Bill State House Public Hearing

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Report dated June 5, 2007

The Joint Committee on Telecommunications held a public hearing at the Gardiner Auditorium in the MA State House to hear testimony on the "Verizon" bill. S. 1975 H. 3385

Many local communities spoke to defeat the bill.

If your community access television station would like a cablecast quality copy to show, or would like to hotlink this video on their web site....please contact Somerville Channel 3 at (617) 628-8826.

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from: SCAT TV

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Report dated June 5, 2007

The Joint Committee on Telecommunications held a public hearing at the Gardiner Auditorium in the MA State House to hear testimony on the "Verizon" bill. S. 1975 H. 3385

Many local communities spoke to defeat the bill.

If your community access television station would like a cablecast quality copy to show, or would like to hotlink this video on their web site....please contact Somerville Channel 3 at (617) 628-8826.

posted by SCAT Staff Vlog at 10:01 AM

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from: CCTV

Strong Opposition to Verizon Bill at Cable Franchising Hearing

I recently returned from the first half of the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy hearing on cable franchising in Gardner Auditorium at the MA State House today. The near capacity-filled room was dotted with bright yellow, green, and pink stickers that read, "Don't Mess with Access" worn by opponents of the bill.

from: Verizon Investor Conferences

From the Lehman Brothers 2007 Equity Research Worldwide Wireless and Wireline Conference with Doreen Toben, EVP and CFO, May 31, 2007. Doreen's comments confirm past statements made by telco executives when speaking to investor groups, that local franchising is not a problem (it suits their rate of roll-out actually).

from: Boston Globe

Verizon officials catch static over cable TV plan

By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff
June 6, 2007

At a packed Beacon Hill hearing yesterday, top officials from Verizon Communications Inc. faced skeptical questions about a telecommunications bill yesterday from a legislative committee and a crowd that hissed and heckled at times.

from: Keep us Connected

For Immediate Release
Contact: Cort Boulanger
Cell: 339-222-2442

Hundreds fill State House to oppose Verizon’s special interest bill

Local officials, consumers, access groups call for rejection of “bad piece of legislation”