Regulatory
Verizon / MCI Merger (see WCOM)
-
11/17/2005 Commission Issues
Memorandum Opinion and Order re
Verizon Communications Inc. and MCI, Inc. Applications
for Approval of
Transfer of Control. WC Docket No. 05-75. Memorandum
Opinion & Order including Statements of Chairman
Martin
and Commissioners Abernathy, Copps, and Adelstein: Word
| Acroba
- Verizon Commc'ns Inc. and MCI, Inc.
Applications for Approval of Transfer of Control
, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 20 FCC Rcd
18433, 18537, (2005)
- 05/25/2005 Verizon Communications Inc.
and MCI, Inc. Applications for Approval of
Transfer of Control. Order
Adopting Second Protective Order . WC Docket No.
05-75. Order: Word | Acrobat
- /24/05 Commission
Seeks Comment on Applications for Consent to
Transfer of Control; Pleading Cycle Established
Word | Acrobat
- 3/10/05
Protective Order Word
| Acrobat
- Papers
Verizon Broadband
Fiber Forebearance Petition, 04-242 June 2004
Verizon
Petition for Forebearance (DSL) 04-440
Other Proceedings
History
Links
News & Blogs
VoIP
Verizon
customers see outages as worker strike continues,
WAPO 8/15/2011
Verizon
Wireless Falls Flat in Response to Free Press
App-Blocking Complaint, Free Press 8/10/2011
The
Internet's Real Strength, Verisign 5/25/2011
Next
Verizon CEO Talks FiOS Expansion - Aiming for 20
Million, Waiting on Housing Reversal, dslreports
5/16/2011
WATCH:
Stewart Rejoices Over Verizon iPhone, Huff
1/12/2011
Verizon
Scraps $3.50 Fee To Simply Pay FiOS Bill -
'Evaluating' program of imposing, dslreports
10/19/2010
Again:
ISPs Can't Force Binding Arbitration Via Fine Print -
Verizon Wireless the latest to find this out...,
dslreports 6/9/2010
Verizon
Handing Over Names For US Copyright Group's Mass
Automated Lawsuits, Techdirt 6/1/2010
FCC
Approves Verizon Frontier Deal With Wimpy Conditions -
4 Mbps DSL by 2015? How about ISDN by 2030? Carrier
pigeon by 2040?, dslreports 5/25/2010
Family
disputes Verizon's $18,000 bill, CNET 5/5/2010
Verizon
Gets More Specific About Those FiOS Cutbacks -
Millions of users trimmed from planned deployments...,
dslreports 4/23/2010
Don't
Actually Demand Anything Of Verizon, Or You Won't Get
FiOS - Wilmington, Delaware latest non-FiOS city to
wonder what went wrong..., dslreports 4/7/2010
Verizon's
Tauke Proposes Bold Policy Framework for Today's
Internet, Nextgenweb 3/26/2010
Verizon
Bills The Dead, Laughs At Relative - Let's play:
'guess the dead man's pin number'..., dslreports
3/9/2010
Leaked
2010 Verizon FiOS Rate Hike Info - Higher prices, huge
early termination fee..., dslreports 12/22/2009
Verizon
Kindly Forgives Kid's $21,917 3G Bandwidth Bill -
What, you don't think $20k for 1.4GB of data use is
fair?, dslreports 12/15/2009
FiOS
Growth Slows - Wireless hot, DSL and landlines not...,
dslreports 10/27/2009
Verizon
revenue up slightly in third quarter, CW
10/27/2009
Verizon
Continues Layoffs - Over 16,000 employees to be cut in
two years..., dslreports 10/15/2009
Metered
Broadband Is the Future: Verizon CTO, Gigaom
10/1/2009
Verizon
CFO: More Job Cuts Coming - 16,000 job cuts was only
just the beginning, dslreports 9/15/2009
Newsday
Won't Run FiOS Ads - Paper, despite newspaper slump,
'rejects ads at its own discretion', dslreports
9/1/2009
Verizon
Again Threatens Massachusetts Investment - Despite
having run out of things to threaten the state
about..., dslreports 8/7/2009
Verizon
offers free Wi-Fi to consumer customers, CW
7/27/2009
New
FiOS Speeds A Little Faster Than Promised - 25/15
really 25/25, while 35/20 really 35/35....,
dslreports 7/7/2009
Verizon
Announces New FiOS Tiers, Promotions - 10/2 and 20/5
tiers upgraded to 25/15, new netbook offer...,
dslreports 6/25/2009
Verizon
Progressive Mark Keam, Open Left 6/9/2009
Verizon
Threatens Massachusetts - If you don't pass franchise
'reform,' you don't get broadband?, dslreports
5/25/2009
Verizon
Of Little Help In Manhunt - Demands $20 from local
police to help pinpoint man's cell..., dslreports
5/25/2009
How
to get cheap(er) FiOS: buy it from someone else,
Ars Technica 5/19/2009
Verizon
To Finally Crack Down On Spam - After years on
Spamhaus top ten list..., dslreports 2/18/2009
\FiOS
Finally Coming To Philly - City unanimously approves
citywide franchise, dslreports 2/10/2009
Verizon
Promises FiOS To All Of DC In Ten Years - City close
to approving citywide DC FiOS franchise.,
dslreports 11/25/2008
Verizon
has 31% jump in net income, but faces lower customer
spending, CW 10/28/2008
Verizon
Pushes Toward a 100Gbps Core - Announces additional
trials with Nortel...., dslreports 10/8/2008
Who
Knew FiOS Installers Used Amazon Kindles? - Verizon's
latest salvo in cable ad wars...., dslreports
9/10/2008
Why
we are Bullish on FiOS, Verizon 8/19/2008
Verizon:
Offering FiOS In AT&T Turf 'Logical' - 'I wouldn't
call this a major attack on AT&T or anything like
that...', dslreports 6/18/2008
Verizon
Bundles Wireless and Home Broadband, Verizon
6/17/2008
Verizon
offers details of Usenet deletion: alt.* groups,
others gone, CNET 6/13/2008
Verizon
Wireless to buy Alltel, CNET 6/6/2008
Verizon
May Expand FiOS Deployment Targets - Won't be selling
off more rural networks -- for now., dslreports
6/6/2008
Public
Knowledge Raises Concerns Over Verizon Wireless
Purchase of Alltel, PK 6/6/2008
Fios
TV moves closer to reality in New York, CNET
5/28/2008
NYC
FiOS Deal Almost Finished - Only NYC Public Service
Commission approval left., dslreports 5/28/2008
Verizon
Promises No NYC FiOS Redlining - Time will tell....,
dslreports 5/22/2008
Verizon
Confusing FiOS Customers Under Contract - Making them
think they're facing rate hikes when they aren't....,
dslreports 5/13/2008
Verizon
Raising FiOS Prices Again Soon - Sometime this quarter
by an unspecified amount., dslreports 4/29/2008
2008
FiOS Fact Sheet, 1st Quarter Edition, Verizon
4/29/2008
Verizon's
Plan for FiOS TV in NYC, Verizon 4/17/2008
NYC
Finally Accepting Verizon FiOS Proposal - Now if they
can just get FiOS working in the apartments there,
dslreports 4/15/2008
Verizon's
FiOS Snakes Into Massive Manhattan Apartment Complex,
Ecommerce Times 3/25/2008
Verizon
Brings FiOS Internet to Major NY Complex, Verizon
3/25/2008
Verizon
Wireless: Open In Name Only?, Techdirt 3/20/2008
Bits:
Verizon Details Its Open Wireless Plans, NYT
3/20/2008
FiOS
Users Not Getting Promised Free TVs - 19 inch sets
getting lost in the bureaucratic jungle.,
dslreports 3/5/2008
Verizon
Aims For 6-7 Million FiOS Users By 2010 - Network
passes 9.3 million homes and businesses,
dslreports 2/7/2008
Verizon
Faces Largest-Ever Class Action - Those early
termination fees will get you every time,
dslreports 2/1/2008
FiOS
TV Passes Million Subscriber Mark - Verizon earnings:
8.2 million broadband customers served.,
dslreports 1/29/2008
Verizon
Profit Up 3.9 Percent, NYT 1/29/2008
FiOS
Might Not Hit NYC Until Summer - Secret city
negotiations continue., dslreports 1/24/2008
FiOS
Nets Consumer Reports Top Honors - Charter once again
comes in last place., dslreports 1/17/2008
400Mbps
FiOS Trials - Don't get too excited, kids,
DSLreports 11/13/2007
Couple
sues Verizon over flaming fiber optic service install,
CW 11/9/2007
We
Knew FiOS Was Fast, But Why Is It Always Setting
People's Homes On Fire?, Techdirt 11/9/2007
Verizon
Changes TOS to Define ?Unlimited? - Getting busted
does wonders to motivate change, DSLreports
11/5/2007
FiOS
Fact Sheet: Q307 Edition, Verizon 11/1/2007
Verizon
profit drops one-third, Globe and Mail 10/31/2007
Verizon
Agrees to Stop 'Unlimited' Claims, Consumer
Affairs 10/26/2007
Fios
in Your Neighborhood? Don't Ask Verizon, Wash Post
10/2/2007
FiOS
Billing Headaches Continue - Phantom charges and
no-show bundle discounts..., DSLreports 9/12/2007
Verizon
Offers 'For Life' DSL Pricing - What's 768kbps worth
in the year 2048?, DSLreports 8/29/2007
FiOS
is Hot, but not that Hot UPDATED, Verizon
8/20/2007
Verizon
Denies Home Fire - A day in the life of telco damage
control, DSLreports 8/15/2007
Maryland
Grills Verizon - Over repair delays and complaint
spikes..., DSLreports 8/14/2007
If
Only FiOS Billing Was As Good As FiOS - Phantom
charges and months-late bundle discounts...,
DSLreports 8/14/2007
How
FiOS Impacts The Cable Market - In Massachusetts, RCN
takes bigger hit on the chin..., DSLreports
8/9/2007
Verizon
Faces Hearing on Service Complaints, Ecommerce
Times 8/9/2007
Who's
afraid of FiOS?, Gigaom 8/9/2007
FiOS
TV 2.0, an IMG Update, Verizon 8/8/2007
Verizon-Broadcom
deal allows EV-DO imports to continue, CW
7/22/2007
Verizon
FiOS Internet Ranked No. 1 in PC World's Annual 'Best
and, CNN Money 7/10/2007
FiOS
Kills Copper (Or Does It?) - Verizon clarifies
treatment of POTS, old copper...., DSLreports
7/10/2007
Verizon
copper cutoff worries some users, small rivals,
USA Today 7/10/2007
FiOS
Billing Headaches Continue - Phantom charges and
no-show bundle discounts..., DSLreports
When
FiOS Customers Want Copper Back - Though it doesn't
happen often..., DSLreports 7/5/2007
FiOS
Installs Average 9 Hours - On the east coast
anyway...., Broadband Reports 6/13/2007
FiOS
Unphiltered, Light Reading 6/13/2007
Verizon:
We're Not Neglecting Copper - Union allegations
'unfounded' says telco, Broadband Reports
6/13/2007
CLECs
Worry About FiOS 'Copper Retirement' - But would FiOS
customers really want to downgrade?, Broadband
Reports 5/15/2007
Verizon
FiOS TV Hits 11% Penetration, IP Democracy
5/1/2007
A
Saturday Night With Verizon Techs - David Isenberg
blogs his FiOS and DSL adventure, Broadband
Reports 4/27/2007
Warrant
Issued For Verizon's Arrest - They can, apparently,
hear him now..., Broadband Reports 2/9/2007
Floridians
Lament FiOS Dig Mishaps - Some don't get service
because of consistent line breaks..., Broadband
Reports 2/9/2007
Verizon
Launches 'Premium' Tech Support - $10 monthly fee nets
DSL customers unlimited phone support, Broadband
Reports 4/3/2007
$15
Verizon DSL Returns - For users who order online,
Broadband Reports 4/3/2007
Verizon
Gives Alcatel-Lucent $6B Wireless VoIP Mandate,
Ecommerce Times 3/27/2007
Verizon
Agrees to Spin Off Local Telephone Business In
Northern New England, Wash Post 1/17/2007
Retired
FiberNet chief rips Verizon, Charleston Daily
1/5/2007
Verizon
teams with Asian companies for high-speed cable to
China, USA Today 12/19/2006
Verizon
FiosTV Sees First Rate Hike - Not so un-cable-like
after all?, Broadband Reports 11/21/2006
Verizon
profit up, Internet additions disappoint, Reuters
10/30/2006
Verizon
Details Its Fiber Optic Spending, NYT 9/29/2006
Verizon
Is Rewiring New York, Block by Block, in a Race for
Survival, NYT 8/15/2006
Verizon
prepares for next generation of broadband, CNET
7/28/2006
Verizon
DSL Expanding in West Virginia - All of its switching
centers in the state DSL-capable by year end,
Broadband Reports 7/10/2006
Enjoy
EV-DO, but not too much - Wireless carrier bandwidth
crackdowns and app restrictions, Broadband Reports
5/12/2006
Fairfax
Suspicious of Verizon, Wash Post 8/2/2005
Verizon
Web Site Flaw Allowed Record Access, Yahoo!
8/12/2005
Verizon
CEO ridicules municipal Wi-Fi and demanding customers,
Muni 4/19/2005
Verizon
and Yahoo! forge broadband alliance, Register
1/18/2005
Yahoo,
Verizon Join To Offer Broadband Service, Ecom
times 1/18/2005
Verizon
SEC Form 10-Q (3Q04), Verizon 11/12/2004
Man
angry at Verizon hurls phones, CNN 5/14/2004
Verizon
taps into speedy wireless network, CNET 3/17/03
Verizon
Roaming data stirs up controversy, CNET 8/16/02
Verizon
to FCC: We need protection, CNET 7/26/02
Microsoft,
Verizon Ink DSL Deal, Internet News 6/20/02
Microsoft,
Verizon Ink DSL Deal, Internet News 6/20/02
Justice
Department backs Verizon bid, CNET 4/17/02
Verizon
Loses $2 Billion, Internet News 2/1/02
FCC:
Verizon Must Disclose Competition Audit Results,
Wash Tech 1/11/02
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