The following is a joint statement from Lowell McAdam, CEO Verizon Wireless and Eric Schmidt, CEO Google: (Cross-posted on the Google Public Policy blog.) Verizon and Google might seem unlikely bedfellows in the current debatearound network neutrality, or an open Internet. And while it's true wedo disagree quite strongly about certain aspects of government policy inthis area--such as whether mobile networks should even be part of thediscussion--there are many issues on which we agree. For...
Read MoreThe Times this morning posted "A Bear Speaks" on its Bits blog, based on one analyst's contrarian view of the wisdom of our FiOS investment. Based on our four years of experience deploying and selling FiOS, I thought I'd offer our own observation about the bear's view: It's near-sighted. Verizon's investment in FiOS was a strategic decision looked at from several perspectives. The Times' bear seems focused only on the short-term economics of the investment. Fair enough. But even at that,...
Read MoreToday, Poliblog is a week old. We've already learned a lot and are ready to learn more. But at one week along I wanted to pass along our thanks for the welcome we've gotten in comments here at PoliBlog and written elsewhere. Such as... At broadband reports.From supportive voices here and here. And those who are more skeptical here, here and here. We also heard from noteworthy blog watchers Steve Rubel, Charlene Li and Debbie Weil and respected telecom policy guru and uber-VON blogger Jeff...
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