Re: [DC3] [Internet Policy] Verizon settles with NYC

https://nypost.com/2020/11/24/nyc-gets-verizon-to-expand-fios-broadband-to-… The city has reached a settlement with Verizon, ensuring that the communications giant expands its broadband Fios service to 500,000 additional Big Apple households, including at NYCHA buildings, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday. The agreement secured by the de Blasio administration forces the telecom giant to expand access to its high-tech fiber-optic network in more than two dozen working and middle-class neighborhoods across the city — including wiring the public housing complexes in those communities for broadband. Note ISOC-NY comment on original audit that led to the case. https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/415-15/de-blasio-administrati… “The Internet Society believes the Internet is for everyone. Fast, affordable, reliable broadband has become an essential service like water and power. The Mayor's audit finds that Verizon has failed to meet its obligations to provide FiOS to New Yorkers as it was charged. If Verizon is unable or unwilling to meet those commitments, then competitors who can get the job done should be given the opportunity to do so,” said *David Solomonoff, President of the Internet Society of New York*. -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ To manage your Internet Society subscriptions or unsubscribe, log into the Member Portal at https://admin.internetsociety.org/622619/User/Login and go to the Preferences tab within your profile. - View the Internet Society Code of Conduct: https://www.internetsociety.org/become-a-member/code-of-conduct/