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DC consumer advocate asks Verizon for commitment (WTOP Radio Network)
The city's consumer advocate on utility affairs says she will back out of a rate settlement with Verizon if the company fails to show it's actively pursuing expansion of a fiber-optic network into the city.
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Lack of progress on Verizon FiOS spurs threat (The Washington Examiner)
The District's consumer advocate on utility issues is threatening to back out of a rate settlement with Verizon if the company cannot show it is actively pursuing the expansion of its fiber-optic network into the city.
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Survey Sez: Verizon Again The 'Most Competitive Telecom Provider' (CommunicationsDirect)
Independent research firm The wRatings Corporation rates Verizon FiOS as the Number One telecom provider for the second year in a row, winning a wRating of 73. Following far behind were Frontier Phone, Dish Network, Embarq, Qwest Telephone, Verizon Telephone, Windstream Phone, Alltel, Verizon Wireless and Charter Cable. At the...
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Fibre Internet adds more subscribers worldwide than cable: report (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
NEW YORK - For the first time, more people around the world are signing up for fibre-optic broadband service than for cable Internet service, according to a British research firm.
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Verizon To Offer MSNBC In NY For Olympics (MultiChannel News)
Verizon Communications is prevented from carrying MSNBC in markets where Cablevision Systems is the incumbent provider, but before that restriction is lifted the telco plans to offer the network during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games to FiOS TV customers in the New York area.
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Forget DSL Or Cable, Broadband Users Want Their Fiber (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)
InformationWeek - Some 4.2 million high-speed Internet users received fiber in the first quarter of 2008 versus 2.5 million who received cable, Point Topic analysts said.
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More Cable TV Choice for Plymouth, Mass., Consumers (Broadcast Newsroom)
PLYMOUTH, Mass., July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning today, consumers in Plymouth have more choice in cable TV providers now that Verizon has introduced FiOS TV, making a broad range of programming choices and superior picture quality available to thousands more Massachusetts households.
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Fiber Internet growth worldwide exceeds cable (MSNBC)
For the first time, more people around the world are signing up for fiber-optic broadband service than for cable Internet service, according to a British research firm.
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Verizon Fios Begins Big Ten Network Service (Indiana's NewsCenter)
(Fort Wayne) - While Comcast Cable subscribers must wait until mid August to begin to receive the Big Ten Network, Verizon Fios in Fort Wayne had the service on its system Monday and made the formal announcement of it on Tuesday.
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Expect Court Date Return Over Local Franchising Rules (MultiChannel News)
Washington— Local governments are highly likely to appeal the Federal Communications Commission’s recent court victory in support of agency rules designed to speed phone company entry into the cable television market.
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