Verizon Not Installing FiOS for 25 Percent of NYers Who Want It: Audit [telecom]

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A city audit has found that over a quarter of New Yorkers who ask for high-speed Internet from Verizon FiOS didn't get it, and officials are vowing to hold the company accountable.

Verizon failed to honor a 2008 contract it signed with the city promising high speeds to anyone who asked within a year, according to Maya Wiley, counsel to the mayor.