SUMMARY: Verizon PA's Broadband Scandal -- A Quadruple Bait-and-Switch
by Bruce Kushnick
Bait & Switch
First Bait & Switch -- Instead of rolling out fiber optic services, Verizon deployed DSL over the old copper wires from 1996-2002.
Second Bait & Switch -- Because of weasel room in the original law, Verizon was able to change the commitment from 45 Mbps in both directions to 1.5 Mbps in one direction.
Third Bait & Switch -- In 2011, Verizon got the State to agree to let it use any technology including Verizon Wireless, to fulfill this obligation.
Fourth Bait-&-Switch --As we uncovered in New York, in PA, the company appears to be cross-subsidizing its wireless networks with monies that should have been used for the wired networks.
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