CWA and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have released a report that shows the $600 million in tax savings Verizon would receive from its deal with FairPoint is enough to expand high speed Internet access to everyone in Verizon's current Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont service areas. Read More »
The Verizon-FairPoint deal would make it extremely unlikely that fiber optic networks, which are the future of telecommunications service, will be built in rural New England. Read More »
Verizon workers rallied in Boston yesterday. The impact of the propoosed sale of Verizon's landlines in New England on high speed Internet buildout in the region was among their concerns. Unions representing the workers are expanding their "Stop the Sale" effort by launching a nationwide campaign to get the Federal Communications Commission to rule against the sale. Read More »
At a town hall meeting in Hooksett, NH, on Sunday, presidential hopeful John Edwards expressed concern that the Verizon-FairPoint deal would be a step backward for the people of northern New England. Read More »
At a recent rally in New York City, thousands of Verizon workers, labor leaders, and elected officials gathered to protest Verizon's deal with FairPoint Communications. Read More »
Thanks to our 80,000 Speed Testers, the Speed Matters Campaign has been making waves around the country. On Monday we released a state-by-state report and interactive map on U.S. internet speeds based on the test results. Read More »
More than 80,000 people have taken the Speed Matters Speed Test to learn the actual speed of their internet connections. We've used the results of all those speed tests to create the first-ever state-by-state report on internet speeds across America. Our findings were deeply troubling. Read More »
This week's episode of Political Chowder--an hour-long political talk show in New Hampshire--featured a panel discussion on the Verizon-FairPoint deal. Read More »
As the importance of high speed internet becomes more and more evident, people have begun asking the next logical question: Just how fast should our connections be? Read More »
It's not just consumers and workers who are concerned about FairPoint's financial status. Now, Morgan Stanley has issued a report warning of a looming financial crisis for FairPoint. Read More »
