[182751] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [BULK] Verizon exiting California
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Colton Conor)
Fri Jul 31 08:43:09 2015
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Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 07:43:01 -0500
From: Colton Conor <colton.conor@gmail.com>
To: Robert Glover <robertg@garlic.com>
Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group \(nanog@nanog.org\)"
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Word on the street is that Verizon business/enterprise is about to be sold
to Centrylink as well. Seems Verizon soon will only be Verizon Wireless.
On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Robert Glover <robertg@garlic.com> wrote:
> On 7/30/2015 9:26 AM, Matthew Black wrote:
>
>> 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 and as a customer I don't know if it affects me. While stating they
>> aren't exiting 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 blocked from doing the same thing a few decades ago?
>>
>> matthew black
>> california state university, long beach
>>
>
> All wireline assets in the Verizon West footprint (California, Texas, and
> Tampa, FL area) are being aquired by Frontier
>
> Here's the Press Release from Frontier:
> http://investor.frontier.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=895055
>
> All wireless assets remain with Verizon.
>
