Press Release by Wallace Stuart
Have you seen Verizon’s ads on WMUR Channel 9 TV where they say great things about Verizon’s new FiOS fiber optic delivery to your home of voice, high speed Internet, and digital cable TV? There is a question whether Verizon may actually offer this new fiber optic line service any time soon to Plymouth area residents or anyone else living in northern New England.
On May 8, Verizon New England’s Vice-President for Regulatory Affairs Sean Nestor was in Plymouth speaking at a public statement hearing before the Public Utilities Commission. Mr. Nestor explained that Verizon New England and FairPoint Communications had petitioned the PUC to get permission for Verizon to make some transfers such that FairPoint would acquire Verizon’s “wireline telecommunications services” and network assets in New Hampshire. Following Mr. Nestor’s remarks, a representative from FairPoint briefly described for PUC commissioners and the public assembled in PSU’s Boyd Science Center her company’s plans for taking over Verizon’s wireline business in NH and expanding deployment of DSL technologies over existing wirelines. Then members of the public stood up and addressed comments to the commissioners about the advisability of the transfers for which Verizon and FairPoint have petitioned.
The one-hour video of this public hearing will be cablecast three times on Time-Warner’s public and educational access channel, pbACT-20, serving their subscribers in Plymouth and nine surrounding towns. Cablecast schedule of the video is:
Sunday, May 27, 4:00 PM
Tuesday, May 29, 8:00 PM
Wednesday, May 30, 3:00 PM
pbACT-20 is managed by Pemi-Baker Community Access Media (pbCAM), which operates under the direction of the Plymouth Selectboard and the pbCAM Advisory Board. Community volunteer and pbCAM Public Access User Wallace Stuart of Plymouth produced the video.