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Verizon going to court

Verizon going to court, and with a good reason. Does the local government of Montgomery county thinks that its serve its citizens by preventing them from broadband services? or by making the service more expensive? Maybe a social democrat can justify this, I can’t.

Link:Verizon Sues County for Cable Franchise Process

Verizon, which has been rolling out its FiOS fiber-to-the-premises television product since September, argues that Montgomery County is asking the company to pay "hundreds of thousands of dollars" in fees the county owes to attorneys and consultants, in violation of federal laws.

The county is also asking for about 65 channels for public, educational and government programming, although it now has only 11 such channels, Verizon says in the lawsuit, filed last week in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in Greenbelt. And the county is asserting the authority to collect taxes on Internet service and to regulate the construction of Verizon’s fiber-optic network, in violation of federal law, Verizon said.

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Written by Rogel

July 6th, 2006 at 7:53 pm

Posted in Government and its infinite wisdom