PolicyBlog

A question that keeps coming up in the net neutrality debate turns around business models.   Net neutrality advocates say that “openness” on the Internet is endangered and we need regulations to protect it.  We have argued that this is not true, that there has not been a threat to the openness of the Internet and hence no need for regulation.But what I have also pointed out in a recent blog post is that getting beyond standard, robust Internet connections, there are a range business models... Read More

I attended this morning's kick-off event where FiOS was lit for the first time in the District of Columbia.  As a DC resident, a Verizon employee and a general techie it was a little like a party and I was able to grab various attendees for interviews.Don't miss my chat with mayor Adrian Fenty while he wears a Verizon hard-hat and the video of the fiber splice that actually connected the first FiOS Hub in this Southeast neighborhood to our Central Office over fiber.As I mention in the video -... Read More

As reported in some press accounts today, we can confirm that Verizon will carry the new Epix movie channel from MGM, Paramount and Lionsgate films.  Details on my Verizon At Home... Read More

As readers of this blog know, Cablevision has refused to make the MSG channels that it owns available in HD to Verizon.  That's why we haven’t provided the HD versions of the MSG regional sports programming to our customers in New York and New Jersey.  Now we’re asking the Federal Communications Commission for a ruling – within five months – that could change all that.In something called a Program Access Complaint filed yesterday, we ask the FCC to compel Cablevision to provide this programming... Read More

When you ask people what sort of information they want at their fingertips, news about the local community almost always comes up at the top of the list.  Verizon FiOS TV is giving subscribers more ways to get the local information, entertainment, weather and sports that matters most. Since we first started offering FiOS TV, customers have been able to quickly check local traffic and weather with Widgets.  We’ve added other Widgets for news, sports and weather.  Click the Widgets button on your... Read More

Although Verizon offers more than 100 HD channels in every FiOS TV market, there are two channels we currently can’t provide in high definition to our customers in downstate New York, western New York and northern New Jersey – the regional sports channels MSG and MSG Plus. As I've stated before, the reason is simple: Cablevision, which owns MSG and MSG Plus, refuses to supply the programming in high definition to us.  Then Cablevision advertises that they have the most high-definition sports... Read More