THE MAYOR MARTY WALSH CHRONICLES
FEATURING
VERIZON CONTRACT!!!
Remember when we were told that Medford would be the last addition to the Verizon network because it was "too expensive" or some nonsense for them to deliver services to additional communities? Well, guess what?
Competition at Last: Verizon to Bring Fios to Boston
by Barb Darrow @gigabarb
FEATURING
VERIZON CONTRACT!!!
Remember when we were told that Medford would be the last addition to the Verizon network because it was "too expensive" or some nonsense for them to deliver services to additional communities? Well, guess what?
Competition at Last: Verizon to Bring Fios to Boston
by Barb Darrow @gigabarb
April 13, 2016, 9:07 AM EDT
http://fortune.com/2016/04/13/verizon-to-bring-fios-to-boston/
But the workers who would install the fiber are on strike.
Get ready for some more torn-up streets, Boston. Verizon VZ -1.46% is bringing its fiber-optic broadband service to a town where Comcast CMCSA 0.32% has been king (although RCN has a toehold).
News of Verizon’s commitment to spend $300 million to bring Fios high-speed cable service to much of the city over the next six years broke Tuesday, just hours before some 40,000 Verizon telecommunications workers from Boston to Virginia went on strike.
http://fortune.com/2016/04/13/verizon-to-bring-fios-to-boston/
But the workers who would install the fiber are on strike.
Get ready for some more torn-up streets, Boston. Verizon VZ -1.46% is bringing its fiber-optic broadband service to a town where Comcast CMCSA 0.32% has been king (although RCN has a toehold).
News of Verizon’s commitment to spend $300 million to bring Fios high-speed cable service to much of the city over the next six years broke Tuesday, just hours before some 40,000 Verizon telecommunications workers from Boston to Virginia went on strike.
