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Don't Kick New Hampshire Off the Information Highway
Target: New Hampshire State LegislatureSponsored by: SpeedMatters.org
These days, Internet access is a must for vibrant communities.
Tell the State Legislature to reject the Verizon-FairPoint sale, and make sure high-speed Internet connections are readily available to all New Hampshire residents.
Unfortunately, New Hampshire already ranks near the bottom of states when it comes to phone and Internet service. And it could get worse.
Verizon Communications is about to sell its telephone access lines to debt-ridden FairPoint Communications. If the sale goes through, most New Hampshire residents would have almost no opportunity to obtain high-speed Internet access.
Small communities need the education, job training and economic prosperity the Internet provides. It’s not right that New Hampshire residents, especially those in rural communities, get left behind!
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# 550:
4:20 pm PST, Jan 30,
Paula Vanbuskirk, New Hampshire
# 549:
4:17 pm PST, Jan 30,
Marcus Hansen, New Hampshire
I wonder why Verizon wants to sell, if it is such a good business to be in that FairPoint can make it viable and profitable, without sacrificing service.
I wonder why Verizon wants to sell, if it is such a good business to be in that FairPoint can make it viable and profitable, without sacrificing service.
# 548:
3:09 pm PST, Jan 30,
Name not displayed, New Jersey
# 547:
3:07 pm PST, Jan 30,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
# 546:
2:40 pm PST, Jan 30,
Roderick Crawford, New Hampshire
The only way to get competetion for Comcast, is too keep Verizon and allow it to continue to install FIOS network
The only way to get competetion for Comcast, is too keep Verizon and allow it to continue to install FIOS network
# 545:
2:30 pm PST, Jan 30,
Lee Ann Partridge, New Hampshire
# 544:
1:23 pm PST, Jan 30,
Jan Welch, New Hampshire
# 543:
12:34 pm PST, Jan 30,
Paul Moholland, New Hampshire
# 542:
12:25 pm PST, Jan 30,
Kate Lancor, New Hampshire
We deserve better than this second rate telco. Don't allow Verizon to just sell us off like baggage. I'm sure we, in the northern New England, sector have become an inconvenience to this huge conglomerate. We don't bring in enough $$$ for them. Please listen to your constituents on this sale and block it!
We deserve better than this second rate telco. Don't allow Verizon to just sell us off like baggage. I'm sure we, in the northern New England, sector have become an inconvenience to this huge conglomerate. We don't bring in enough $$$ for them. Please listen to your constituents on this sale and block it!
# 541:
12:24 pm PST, Jan 30,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
The NHPUC must do their job of providing the best, fastest & cheapest internet to all the citizens of the state. Stop transferring valuable public services to inept & crooked companies.
The NHPUC must do their job of providing the best, fastest & cheapest internet to all the citizens of the state. Stop transferring valuable public services to inept & crooked companies.
# 540:
12:22 pm PST, Jan 30,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
# 539:
12:01 pm PST, Jan 30,
Lumina Greenway, New Hampshire
I live in rural NH and am living with SLOW dial-up service. I want to see hi-spped internet access available here
I live in rural NH and am living with SLOW dial-up service. I want to see hi-spped internet access available here
# 538:
11:21 am PST, Jan 30,
Tania Albert, New Hampshire
# 537:
11:20 am PST, Jan 30,
Peter Newbern, New Hampshire
# 536:
10:35 am PST, Jan 30,
John Dryfhout, New Hampshire
we have been in the dark so long on the information highway -- it is like a third world country here in New Hampshire
we have been in the dark so long on the information highway -- it is like a third world country here in New Hampshire
# 535:
9:59 am PST, Jan 30,
Jessica Purdy, New Hampshire
# 534:
9:58 am PST, Jan 30,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
This is just another example of the gov't. "low - bidding" sub - contracts, to the benefit of 'connected' corporations; while ignoring the effects on helpless taxpayers - that often don't even know why such things happen !
This is just another example of the gov't. "low - bidding" sub - contracts, to the benefit of 'connected' corporations; while ignoring the effects on helpless taxpayers - that often don't even know why such things happen !
# 533:
9:55 am PST, Jan 30,
Kyna Crain, Montana
# 532:
9:47 am PST, Jan 30,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
Both for educational and job opportunities, residents of New Hampshire must have full, high-speed access to the internet.
Both for educational and job opportunities, residents of New Hampshire must have full, high-speed access to the internet.
# 531:
9:17 am PST, Jan 30,
Heather Froumy, New Hampshire
Say No to Fairpoint! They are a company that already has much debt!
Say No to Fairpoint! They are a company that already has much debt!
# 530:
9:11 am PST, Jan 30,
Maura Riley, New Hampshire
# 529:
9:03 am PST, Jan 30,
Sarah Macomber, New Hampshire
# 528:
9:01 am PST, Jan 30,
Todd McKinney, New Hampshire
# 527:
8:44 am PST, Jan 30,
Kerry McDonald, New Hampshire
If New Hampshire is to be competitive as we move further into the 21st Century, we need to go forward -- not backwards with regards to telecommunication services -- particularly since NH is a rural state and many of us work from home. Don't go for the cheapest solution -- do what we tell our kids to do -- and do the right thing for our future generations. Don't leave them yet another pile of crap to fix up. And if you do the wrong thing -- YOU HAD BETTER MAKE SURE THAT NH TAXPAYERS AREN'T BAILING OUT THEIR SORRY BUTTS IN THE YEARS TO COME. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!
If New Hampshire is to be competitive as we move further into the 21st Century, we need to go forward -- not backwards with regards to telecommunication services -- particularly since NH is a rural state and many of us work from home. Don't go for the cheapest solution -- do what we tell our kids to do -- and do the right thing for our future generations. Don't leave them yet another pile of crap to fix up. And if you do the wrong thing -- YOU HAD BETTER MAKE SURE THAT NH TAXPAYERS AREN'T BAILING OUT THEIR SORRY BUTTS IN THE YEARS TO COME. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!
# 526:
8:41 am PST, Jan 30,
JIM PORTER, New Hampshire
I HAVE A BUSINESS IN FRYEBURG,ME. AND LIVE IN CONWAY,N.H. THE DSL AND TELEPHONE SERVICE IS SO SLOW AND EXPENSIVE,I CHOOSE TO DO MOST OF MY WORK OUT OF MY HOME IN CONWAY.I CAN'T EXPRESS ENOUGH WHAT A MAJOR MISTAKE IT WOULD BE TO ALLOW FAIRPOINT TO TAKE OVER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.I URGE EVERYONE WHO READS THIS TO VOTE IT DOWN. JIM PORTER
I HAVE A BUSINESS IN FRYEBURG,ME. AND LIVE IN CONWAY,N.H. THE DSL AND TELEPHONE SERVICE IS SO SLOW AND EXPENSIVE,I CHOOSE TO DO MOST OF MY WORK OUT OF MY HOME IN CONWAY.I CAN'T EXPRESS ENOUGH WHAT A MAJOR MISTAKE IT WOULD BE TO ALLOW FAIRPOINT TO TAKE OVER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.I URGE EVERYONE WHO READS THIS TO VOTE IT DOWN. JIM PORTER
# 525:
8:39 am PST, Jan 30,
Diane S. Wells, New Hampshire
I have a summer home in Moultonborough and I want to get DSL. Verizon, take a little less money and give your customers the service they deserve. I am ashamed of the company that my brother worked for for 30 years and now because you lost the fight to Comcast, you have given up on all your customers. Change your mind and upgrade your service and stay here in the Northeast as you should.
I have a summer home in Moultonborough and I want to get DSL. Verizon, take a little less money and give your customers the service they deserve. I am ashamed of the company that my brother worked for for 30 years and now because you lost the fight to Comcast, you have given up on all your customers. Change your mind and upgrade your service and stay here in the Northeast as you should.
# 524:
8:34 am PST, Jan 30,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
Keep the vitality of NH running with Verizon. NH residents do not deserve to go backwards and pay more.
Keep the vitality of NH running with Verizon. NH residents do not deserve to go backwards and pay more.
# 523:
8:20 am PST, Jan 30,
Abby Bline, New Hampshire
# 522:
8:17 am PST, Jan 30,
Theodore Smith, New Hampshire
That which makes New Hampshire a beauty to live in, has also served to impede progress. Verizon has the financial stability to maintain and improve the quality of service New Hampshire residents receive, Fairpoint does not. New Hampshire is a growing state and in order to maintain this growth individuals and businesses through out the state must have fast reliable internet. The New Hampshire Public utilities commission can make all the stipuations they want in regards to requirements of investment in developing their New Hampshire network, but when the company is incapable of meeting those demands, who will pay the price?
That which makes New Hampshire a beauty to live in, has also served to impede progress. Verizon has the financial stability to maintain and improve the quality of service New Hampshire residents receive, Fairpoint does not. New Hampshire is a growing state and in order to maintain this growth individuals and businesses through out the state must have fast reliable internet. The New Hampshire Public utilities commission can make all the stipuations they want in regards to requirements of investment in developing their New Hampshire network, but when the company is incapable of meeting those demands, who will pay the price?
# 521:
8:05 am PST, Jan 30,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
This sale will force me (a Verizon DSL customer with AOl mail) and others like me to go to Comcast. Then Fairpoint will go deeper in the hole and those stuck with Fairpoint will go to letter writing. We deserve better than the bottom of the barrel.
This sale will force me (a Verizon DSL customer with AOl mail) and others like me to go to Comcast. Then Fairpoint will go deeper in the hole and those stuck with Fairpoint will go to letter writing. We deserve better than the bottom of the barrel.
# 520:
7:52 am PST, Jan 30,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
Please make the right choice for New Hampshire residents who need reliable, high-speed Internet and telephone connections in order to earn a living and keep in touch with loved ones in far off places. Allowing this deal to go through and further impair phone and Internet conditions in New Hampshire will only serve to push people out of our state.
Please make the right choice for New Hampshire residents who need reliable, high-speed Internet and telephone connections in order to earn a living and keep in touch with loved ones in far off places. Allowing this deal to go through and further impair phone and Internet conditions in New Hampshire will only serve to push people out of our state.
# 519:
7:29 am PST, Jan 30,
Scott W, New Hampshire
No more steps backwards - we need to move forward with technology.
No more steps backwards - we need to move forward with technology.
# 518:
7:22 am PST, Jan 30,
Pamela Shuel-Sargent, New Hampshire
Just when you think that the internet service can't get any worse.
Just when you think that the internet service can't get any worse.
# 517:
7:14 am PST, Jan 30,
Wendy Hardenberg, New Hampshire
# 516:
7:12 am PST, Jan 30,
John Wyndham, New Hampshire
Fairpoint wold be a step backwards. We need fast Internet access now.
Fairpoint wold be a step backwards. We need fast Internet access now.
# 515:
7:09 am PST, Jan 30,
Jennifer Wiley, New Hampshire
# 514:
7:08 am PST, Jan 30,
CD Sundquist, New Hampshire
# 513:
6:56 am PST, Jan 30,
Jane Williams, New Hampshire
# 512:
6:51 am PST, Jan 30,
Ted Rivera, New Hampshire
Don,t put us in the Mud
Don,t put us in the Mud
# 511:
6:50 am PST, Jan 30,
Roberta Odell, New Hampshire
This is a bad choice. We paid for the improvements now they want to sell to a company that has to many depts. Does this make any sense.
This is a bad choice. We paid for the improvements now they want to sell to a company that has to many depts. Does this make any sense.
# 510:
6:49 am PST, Jan 30,
David Burton, New Hampshire
# 509:
6:47 am PST, Jan 30,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
I remember Adelphia!!
I remember Adelphia!!
# 508:
6:46 am PST, Jan 30,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
# 507:
6:44 am PST, Jan 30,
Deborah B., New Hampshire
# 506:
6:31 am PST, Jan 30,
Arlene Johnson, New Hampshire
# 505:
6:24 am PST, Jan 30,
Lynn Rutter, New Hampshire
# 504:
6:23 am PST, Jan 30,
Peter Clark, New Hampshire
# 503:
6:21 am PST, Jan 30,
IRENE SHEA, New Hampshire
THIS IS A BAD DEAL FOR NH RESIDENTS. PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS GO THROUGH. NH PRIDES ITSELF IN BEING THE FIRST IN THE NATION PRIMARY SO DON'T LET US BECOME LAST IN THE NATION FOR CONNECTIVITY. WE NEED TO GO FORWARD NOT BACKWARD.
THIS IS A BAD DEAL FOR NH RESIDENTS. PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS GO THROUGH. NH PRIDES ITSELF IN BEING THE FIRST IN THE NATION PRIMARY SO DON'T LET US BECOME LAST IN THE NATION FOR CONNECTIVITY. WE NEED TO GO FORWARD NOT BACKWARD.
# 502:
6:17 am PST, Jan 30,
Ronald Barnes, New Hampshire
From past experience nothing usually improves, all most always gets worse.
From past experience nothing usually improves, all most always gets worse.
# 501:
6:04 am PST, Jan 30,
Virginia Lee, New Hampshire