The point? It’s not fair.
02.06.07
If Verizon has its way, Vermont's telephone and internet provider will soon become FairPoint Communications, a company that won't be able to provide high-speed services to rural New England. Read More »
Vermont Archives
Local Unions Mobilize to Block Abandonment of Customers
01.24.07
Local unions in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire are attempting to block Verizon's abandonment of "low-value" land line customers in New England. Read More »
Copps and Adelstein dissent in FCC’s vote for Verizon-FairPoint sale
01.10.07
The decision by the majority of the Federal Communications Commission to endorse Verizon's proposed New England sale to FairPoint Communications is ill-advised and premature, coming even before final determinations have been made by regulators in both Vermont and New Hampshire. Read More »
Future of New England fiber hinges on FairPoint deal
01.08.07
As the troubling Verizon-FairPoint deal awaits a final decision by New Hampshire and Vermont regulators, the fate of fiber optic networks in northern New England hangs in the balance. Read More »
Speed Matters in Vermont
10.17.06
Government leaders, union representatives, educators and concerned citizens recently met at a public forum in Vermont. Congressman Bernie Sanders hosted the event to discuss the lack of high speed internet in rural communities. Read More »
Verizon Plans to Hit Vermont with a “Nor’easter”
10.02.06
The NY Times has an in-depth article discussing the plight of Vermont and rural New England residents and their struggles to gain access to high speed internet. Their concerns are real -- lost jobs, lack of school resources, and the inability to run small businesses while being held hostage by telephone companies. Read More »
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