[182723] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Verizon exiting California
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Black)
Thu Jul 30 12:37:58 2015
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From: Matthew Black <Matthew.Black@csulb.edu>
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Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 16:31:33 +0000
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Nevermind. I found a February article detailing the plan.
arstechnica: Verizon sells three-state territory, including 1.6 million FiO=
S users
http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/02/verizon-sells-three-state-territory=
-including-1-6-million-fios-users/
matthew black
california state university, long beach
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From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Black
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Subject: Verizon exiting California
Verizon sent me a letter the other day stating that they are selling their =
landline business to Frontier Communications. It was a very terse letter an=
d as a customer I don't know if it affects me. While stating they aren't ex=
iting the Wireless business, I want to know which parts are being sold off.=
Just the copper lines, POTS, DSL, FIOS (TV, Internet, phone)? Some clarity=
would be great. I am a FIOS only customer. Can anyone recall if GTE was b=
locked from doing the same thing a few decades ago?
matthew black
california state university, long beach
