Teletruthresponseverizon.htm

Teletruthresponseverizon.htm:

"Teletruth's complaint in Pennsylvania is simple --- In 1994, in exchange for massive financial incentives, tax deductions and other perks, Verizon promised to rewire the state with a fiber-optic based, two-directional 45mps service. By 2004, half of the states' rural, urban and suburban areas should have been wired for this fiber-optic based network that was supposed to extend to customer’s homes and offices. As we and other independent researchers have pointed out, Verizon collected an estimated $3.9 billion in excess profits and tax benefits --- About $1135 a household.
More to the point, statements made by Verizon in 2003-2004 clearly show Verizon entered into a contractual agreement with the states' customers for a network they couldn't build in 1994, and are only now doing fiber optic 'test' deployments.
Here’s what they said --- and here’s the truth.
Lie 1 (misdirection) _--Fiber, fiber everywhere, but not where it counts
* 'The truth is that Verizon Pennsylvania has consistently delivered on its promises to deploy a broadband network for its customers under Pennsylvania’s alternative regulation law, Chapter 30'
* 'Verizon Pennsylvania has…deployed nearly 1.2 million miles of fiber optics in its network over the past nine years while under alternative regulation.'
First, let’s make something clear ---Verizon was supposed to deliver a fiber-optic service directly to the homes and offices. Who cares if there’s 1.2 million miles of fiber in the network if none of it connects the house or office directly or can deliver what was promised."