It is quite possible to both have a good product and have anti-tech policies. Please refrain from writing until you learn how to formulate a proper argument.

I'd have to agree with the last poster. You can have a great product - and from all that I hear, FIOS is impressive. But at the same time, Verizon's broadband policies can and do leave something to be desired. For example, has Verizon publicly disclosed details of its "network management" policies on broadband, and whether or how it interferes with applications like BitTorrent? If not, why not? Don't you think your customers deserve to know what they're paying for, and what they're entitled to? Verizon deserves congratulations on the successful launch of FIOS, but the company still has a long way to go in the candor department.

Michael Connor
Executive Director
Open MIC
www.openmic.org

In response to NoName, I don't understand how you don't consider bringing fiber to the masses to be evidence of pro-tech policies. CZ's logic is crystal-clear . . . VZ's commitment to future of communications (fiber access) is pro-tech, and PCW recognized it as such when they ranked FiOS as one of the top tech products of the year. The PCW article is indeed inconsistent w/ the evidence, and even it's prior position.

Dear John,

Just because your company is offering the fastest broadband service available in the U.S. right now (the reason for your position in our May ranking) does not change the fact that Verizon has done everything in its power to reduce real competition in the U.S. broadband market--both on the business side and the consumer side--, which is what we really need. Deliver 50 up and 50 down to all neighborhoods at a reasonable price -- THEN we'll start talking about that Nobel Prize.

"In response to NoName, I don't understand how you don't consider bringing fiber to the masses to be evidence of pro-tech policies."

Well, maybe that is because I never said that I don't. Reading comprehension is quite useful.

"CZ's logic is crystal-clear . . . VZ's commitment to future of communications (fiber access) is pro-tech"

Maybe *that* policy is pro-tech, but, as mentioned, that doesn't mean that *all* of their policy is pro-tech. This is quite simple to grasp.

"and PCW recognized it as such when they ranked FiOS as one of the top tech products of the year. The PCW article is indeed inconsistent w/ the evidence, and even it's prior position."

No, it is not. One good product with associated good policy does not mean you get to ignore all the bad policy. So, I'll provide just a few examples of bad policy.

1) Setting homes on fire during the installation of one of the top tech products of the year (FiOS).
http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/The-58000-FiOS-Fire-89165

2) Refusing to hire customer service reps who understand basic math, or train customer service reps so that they do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdKwRdWocco

3) Lying.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Busted-For-Unlimited-Marketing-88727

4) Hindering innovation with laughably bad patents.
http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/15/technology/vonage.ap/?postversion=2007111517

5) Caving to the government and violating the privacy of its customers, then defending that practice.
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/05/verizon_suing_u.html

Shall I go on?

Please try to formulate a good argument based on logic, instead of a knee-jerk argument based on fallacies.

(And on a final note, "it's" is a contraction of it and is.)

All i can say is where is the FIOS ROADMAP. How many times must a person ask for this. ALSO IPTV on the XBOX 360. We want answers.

Please give us some sort of roadmap as jmendes said...I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHEN YOU GUYS ARE COMING!!!

Congratulations, Verizon. Your great policy continues to amaze!

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