This ad turned up a few days ago in West Virginia newspapers, hammering home the point earlier Verizon deals ended in bankruptcy for the buyers.
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Maybe it’s not a bad idea to let Frontier buy from Verizon. That way when Frontier goes bankrupt,
bye bye DSL from Frontier, hello FIOS from Verizon.
/sarc
That assumes Verizon would buy what’s left. Somehow I don’t see that happening. I remain unsure exactly what Verizon is thinking these days — they are slowing down FiOS expansion, probably as a cost-saving measure, so am not sure why they’d want to take it on. Besides, there’d be a nice bailout of Frontier in the case of bankruptcy and then it would be restructured and we’d still be stuck with it. What needs to happen is Frontier needs to license FiOS technology/service from Verizon (it says it will continue to roll it out in the households sold off to… Read more »
@Judy Ha! Do you really think Verizon would invest in fiber for WV?? Dream on.
Was referring to Rochester NY, not WV.
I don’t understand all of this. How can you stop someone from selling their business off? I mean if they want to sell their business and there is a buyer, what can you do to stop it?
As long as there is a buyer nothing can stop them except government
state level perhaps. The internet and cable TV are not utilities and could be
turned off today no matter what the states think. They only have to keep the
phones going. Phone is a utility.
Tim, telephone companies are a regulated utility service. They know going in they can’t simply sell to anyone willy-nilly. There is government oversight to help assure that vital service is treated with the care and respect it needs. Too often, state regulators and a hands-off FCC has not done a good job with this (witness the approval of FairPoint). Should states reject the deal, Verizon will continue to provide service. I don’t particularly care for their “rural is bad” business plan myself. I think we’re on the cusp of a realization some substantial incentives are going to be needed to… Read more »
Lets get real here. Fairpoint was a perfect example. Town hall gets wired for free, maybe a couple of public channels for free so everybody says yes and it was a done deal… now Fairpoints and the local governments problem it did not work out. You can bet Verizon will be more careful in future where they build out. As far as way out in the country DON”T hold your breath. Stock holders want pay back in a year…. not ten or twenty and many areas could not even support such an expense. They should be happy if they even… Read more »
i don’t know what the best option here is….the only thing that i’m sure about is we need rid of frontier. simply put, they are the worst company that i have ever had the misfortune to deal with….and i have no choice but to deal with them. i hope they go bankrupt.