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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verizon FiOS TV contractions: May 13, 2009]]></title><link>http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</guid><description><![CDATA[wow no love for southeastern Massachusetts, Still stuck in a rut here in Fall River,Ma.<br><br>FIOS i will be waiting whenever you decide to come!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[gt1racer47]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 13th 2009 8:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verizon FiOS TV contractions: May 13, 2009]]></title><link>http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</guid><description><![CDATA[Man..I wanted Frontier to die quickly so Rochester, NY can get some FIOS love!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[magicvash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 13th 2009 9:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verizon FiOS TV contractions: May 13, 2009]]></title><link>http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</guid><description><![CDATA[Is that upside down picture supposed to be a pun on Verizon turning on its head in those areas?...Admirable...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 13th 2009 9:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verizon FiOS TV contractions: May 13, 2009]]></title><link>http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</guid><description><![CDATA[Verizon is selling all their landlines in parts of 14 states, to Frontier. <br>Verizon does NOT offer FiOS in all 14 of the states being sold to to Frontier<br><br>Only 3 metros/states by my count:<br>1) Ft. Wayne, Indiana<br>2) suburban Portland, Oregon<br>3) suburban Seattle, Washington<br><br>Believe me, we would know if FiOS was available nearby.  Only 240 miles to Ft. Wayne, from my house. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[CentralIllinoisJoe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 13th 2009 10:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verizon FiOS TV contractions: May 13, 2009]]></title><link>http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</guid><description><![CDATA[Thanks for the heads up, I edited a bit to clarify that.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Lawler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 13th 2009 10:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verizon FiOS TV contractions: May 13, 2009]]></title><link>http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</guid><description><![CDATA[I have a theory. It is that Verizon is selling off those areas so they don't have to roll out FiOS to them. I suppose it would be better that way, that way they don't string along those areas' hope to get FiOS eventually when Verizon likely never had any plans to deliver.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Garst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 13th 2009 10:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verizon FiOS TV contractions: May 13, 2009]]></title><link>http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sir, you are more correct than you know.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[CentralIllinoisJoe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 13th 2009 10:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verizon FiOS TV contractions: May 13, 2009]]></title><link>http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</guid><description><![CDATA[This makes it pretty obvious that Vz just wants out of the landwire business in lower-density areas: <a href="http://investor.verizon.com/news/20090513/20090513.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://investor.verizon.com/news/20090513/20090513.pdf</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 13th 2009 10:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verizon FiOS TV contractions: May 13, 2009]]></title><link>http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wait, just a second.... They had Verizon Fios in West Virginia?  Why is it that they can put Fios in West Virginia and then take it out all before bringing it here.  I mean I love DirecTV but come on (I would at least like to have the option).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cody]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 13th 2009 10:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verizon FiOS TV contractions: May 13, 2009]]></title><link>http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</guid><description><![CDATA[What I meant to say was that I love MY DirecTV but I would at least like to have the option to switch to Fios if I so choose.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cody]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 13th 2009 10:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verizon FiOS TV contractions: May 13, 2009]]></title><link>http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</guid><description><![CDATA[No, in the fourteen states that are being sold off, only three had FiOS service: OR, WA, and IN.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 13th 2009 10:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verizon FiOS TV contractions: May 13, 2009]]></title><link>http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</guid><description><![CDATA[And to add to this as a former Verizon employee, Verizon is made up of the former 13 state northeastern Bell Atlantic (NYNEX and C&P Telephone) and the "western" GTE/Contel. The states/areas that are being sold off are part of the GTE/Contel acquisition, and were always treated as stepchildren to the northeastern region. The writing has been on the wall for many years for a sell-off of the non-northeastern states. Not to mention that Verizon last year completed the sale of their customers to Fairpoint in NH, ME and VT...all three being more rural, and having a much smaller customer base than NY, PA, MA, DC, MD, etc. I don't see the sale of these western states as a way to avoid rolling out fiber in particular, but rather as a way of streamlining operations. The western states have never really fit it well with Verizon 'corporate'. CA and TX are exceptions, as they are way more profitable/have more concentrated hives of customers. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 14th 2009 10:18AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verizon FiOS TV contractions: May 13, 2009]]></title><link>http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</guid><description><![CDATA["Western" does belong in quotes, as quite a few of the GTE territories were in the Southeast as well, like in NC and SC.  For example, for some reason Durham, NC was a GTE territory, never AT&T/SouthernBell/BellSouth/AT&T again.  Durham isn't rural either, but it is a small pocket of service in the middle of a big swath of AT&T.<br><br>But yeah, this is basically divesting a lot of the old GTE locations.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Thacker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 14th 2009 11:52AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verizon FiOS TV contractions: May 13, 2009]]></title><link>http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</guid><description><![CDATA[69,000 subs and 11,000 employees thats a pretty high ratio. I employee for every 6 subscribers can't be very profitable.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 14th 2009 11:51AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Verizon FiOS TV contractions: May 13, 2009]]></title><link>http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/13/verizon-fios-tv-contractions-may-13-2009-/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's 69,000 FIOS TV subs, but it's really misleading as only a very small part of these territories even have FIOS.  Those employees are mostly to service phone and DSL lines.  This consists of various isolated and sometimes rural former GTE areas that Verizon wants to get rid of.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Thacker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 14th 2009 11:55AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>