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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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We signed the “Don't Kick New Hampshire Off the Information Highway” petition!
# 600:
10:19 am PST, Feb 4,
Romeo Danais, New Hampshire
# 599:
10:05 am PST, Feb 4,
Kathleen Clark, New Hampshire
# 598:
9:41 am PST, Feb 4,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
# 597:
9:32 am PST, Feb 4,
Keith McGuire, New Hampshire
# 596:
8:30 am PST, Feb 4,
Heidi Robidas, New Hampshire
Please don't sell the rights to NH phone lines to this small high debt company. I don't see how it could possibly benefit our state.
Please don't sell the rights to NH phone lines to this small high debt company. I don't see how it could possibly benefit our state.
# 595:
4:29 pm PST, Feb 3,
Name not displayed, New York
# 594:
1:31 pm PST, Feb 3,
Emir Melkic, New Hampshire
# 593:
12:04 pm PST, Feb 3,
C Flagg, New Hampshire
# 592:
5:49 am PST, Feb 3,
Dave Scharfenberg, New Hampshire
# 591:
7:59 pm PST, Feb 2,
Emma Ridinger, New Hampshire
NH needs info just as much as any other states, don't take that away.
NH needs info just as much as any other states, don't take that away.
# 590:
7:00 pm PST, Feb 2,
S. C. Brookes, New Hampshire
Our nation must have good communications. The internet is the mass media and private means of communiation in this century. PLEASE, allow NH to have the best!
Our nation must have good communications. The internet is the mass media and private means of communiation in this century. PLEASE, allow NH to have the best!
# 589:
12:57 pm PST, Feb 2,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
# 588:
11:45 pm PST, Feb 1,
Barry Furnival, New Hampshire
# 587:
8:10 pm PST, Feb 1,
John Bowen Jr., New Hampshire
NH needs to be kept on information Super Highway, allowing this sale to go through is a Very Bad Idea. Maine has already voted to allow the sale to go through with no provision for Verizon to provide FairPoint Communications with the means to upgrade and maintain Phone and Internet Service. This deal will also net Verizon a Huge Profit on the sale By Not Having To Pay Corporate Taxes On The Sale due to a Loophole in the Tax Law that lets them jump through it by selling their Land Line Business to a Smaller Company like FairPoint and therefor not have to pay Taxes on the sale as they would have to if they Sold their Business to a Company of the Same Size or Larger than them. To Help stop this sale go to:http://www.nofairpoint.org for an E-Mail letter you can send to your State Representatives.
NH needs to be kept on information Super Highway, allowing this sale to go through is a Very Bad Idea. Maine has already voted to allow the sale to go through with no provision for Verizon to provide FairPoint Communications with the means to upgrade and maintain Phone and Internet Service. This deal will also net Verizon a Huge Profit on the sale By Not Having To Pay Corporate Taxes On The Sale due to a Loophole in the Tax Law that lets them jump through it by selling their Land Line Business to a Smaller Company like FairPoint and therefor not have to pay Taxes on the sale as they would have to if they Sold their Business to a Company of the Same Size or Larger than them. To Help stop this sale go to:http://www.nofairpoint.org for an E-Mail letter you can send to your State Representatives.
# 586:
4:13 pm PST, Feb 1,
Carol DiPirro, New Hampshire
Please do not let a sale go thru that will put us behind other states. You will be hurting jobs, the ability to work from home. This is not good for the people.
Please do not let a sale go thru that will put us behind other states. You will be hurting jobs, the ability to work from home. This is not good for the people.
# 585:
12:36 pm PST, Feb 1,
Kelly Phinney, Colorado
# 584:
11:16 am PST, Feb 1,
Jocelyn Gallant, New Hampshire
I urge the New Hampshire House of Representative, New Hampshire State Senates to stop the unfair deal when it comes to Technology in Communitactions in the 21st, Century. If the New Hampshire Representatives and New Hampshire Senate will lose our votes in the coming years to come if they don't change with the times, We will vote you all out of offices included the Governor. Think about it. Matters is very important to all of us in New Hampshire.
I urge the New Hampshire House of Representative, New Hampshire State Senates to stop the unfair deal when it comes to Technology in Communitactions in the 21st, Century. If the New Hampshire Representatives and New Hampshire Senate will lose our votes in the coming years to come if they don't change with the times, We will vote you all out of offices included the Governor. Think about it. Matters is very important to all of us in New Hampshire.
# 583:
9:00 am PST, Feb 1,
Linnell Krikorian, New Hampshire
# 582:
6:13 am PST, Feb 1,
Alexander Mackenzie, New Hampshire
New Hampshire needs to have the best internet for attracting business. It's all about the economy, and getting jobs.
New Hampshire needs to have the best internet for attracting business. It's all about the economy, and getting jobs.
# 581:
5:39 am PST, Feb 1,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
# 580:
4:56 am PST, Feb 1,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
# 579:
3:28 am PST, Feb 1,
J Prieur, New Hampshire
# 578:
2:58 am PST, Feb 1,
Marjory Cahill-Shelton, Florida
# 577:
7:58 pm PST, Jan 31,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
It's about time these bottom-line oriented companies realize that they are public utilities with an obligation to the public, not just profit generators enriching only stockholders.
It's about time these bottom-line oriented companies realize that they are public utilities with an obligation to the public, not just profit generators enriching only stockholders.
# 576:
7:19 pm PST, Jan 31,
Sarah McCormack, New Hampshire
FairPoint has not been able to establish or maintain a quality product. They have a huge debt load and the small concessions they are being asked to make really don't address their debt. We shoud not allow this sale.
FairPoint has not been able to establish or maintain a quality product. They have a huge debt load and the small concessions they are being asked to make really don't address their debt. We shoud not allow this sale.
# 575:
7:01 pm PST, Jan 31,
Tina Yaskell, New Hampshire
# 574:
6:50 pm PST, Jan 31,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
# 573:
1:57 pm PST, Jan 31,
Jan Palm, New Hampshire
# 572:
1:20 pm PST, Jan 31,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
This is not a healthy deal to be made for NH, Maine or VT as it will keep us in Horse & Buggy Days of yesteryear. After working for Verizon for 27yrs I feel I am being forced to retire. As I am afraid of loosing my retirement.
This is not a healthy deal to be made for NH, Maine or VT as it will keep us in Horse & Buggy Days of yesteryear. After working for Verizon for 27yrs I feel I am being forced to retire. As I am afraid of loosing my retirement.
# 571:
1:05 pm PST, Jan 31,
Dave Emerson, New Hampshire
# 570:
1:04 pm PST, Jan 31,
Shaun Howe, New Hampshire
If approved, the proposed Verizon sale to FairPoint sets a dangerous precedent with national implications for all rural areas of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
If approved, the proposed Verizon sale to FairPoint sets a dangerous precedent with national implications for all rural areas of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
# 569:
11:46 am PST, Jan 31,
Jacolin Schultz, Wisconsin
# 568:
11:28 am PST, Jan 31,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
this is a bad deal for everyone dont let it go though
this is a bad deal for everyone dont let it go though
# 567:
11:14 am PST, Jan 31,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
Just another example of how big business doesn't care about the individuals whose lives they effect.
Just another example of how big business doesn't care about the individuals whose lives they effect.
# 566:
10:31 am PST, Jan 31,
Sherry Specht, New Hampshire
# 565:
9:29 am PST, Jan 31,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
# 564:
8:57 am PST, Jan 31,
Mark Raven, Texas
# 563:
8:50 am PST, Jan 31,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
Some of us have waited years to get on-line--this would be wrong. Just wrong!
Some of us have waited years to get on-line--this would be wrong. Just wrong!
# 562:
8:29 am PST, Jan 31,
Suzanne Martin, New Hampshire
# 561:
7:28 am PST, Jan 31,
Virginia Heard, New Hampshire
As a State Representative, I strongly urge the PUC to reject Fairpoint's bid to buy Verizon's lines. We need to be in the 21st cent. to compete.
As a State Representative, I strongly urge the PUC to reject Fairpoint's bid to buy Verizon's lines. We need to be in the 21st cent. to compete.
# 560:
7:01 am PST, Jan 31,
Angela Kulacz, New Hampshire
The area I live in has a hard enough time staying connected so this is absurd. If this passes, then most of my area, especially Franklin, Hill, and north will NEVER be online. I absolutely disagree.
The area I live in has a hard enough time staying connected so this is absurd. If this passes, then most of my area, especially Franklin, Hill, and north will NEVER be online. I absolutely disagree.
# 559:
6:49 am PST, Jan 31,
Michael Hansen, New Hampshire
# 558:
4:04 am PST, Jan 31,
Alice Perkins, New Hampshire
Bargain brands NEVER match well known brands
Bargain brands NEVER match well known brands
# 557:
3:27 am PST, Jan 31,
Patrick Ronan, Ireland
# 556:
6:55 pm PST, Jan 30,
Tracy LaCombe, New Hampshire
comcast has the market up here, come on Verizon. The Fiber optic lines have been outside my home for more than 4 years now. We need to have a choice here in NH.
comcast has the market up here, come on Verizon. The Fiber optic lines have been outside my home for more than 4 years now. We need to have a choice here in NH.
# 555:
6:50 pm PST, Jan 30,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
# 554:
5:43 pm PST, Jan 30,
Christine Howe, New Hampshire
# 553:
5:01 pm PST, Jan 30,
ROBERT GREENWOOD, New Hampshire
WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO KICK ANYONE OFF THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY? ANOTHER FORM OF CURTAILING FREEDOM OF SPEECH? ANOTHER WAY OF LIMITING EDUCATION IN ORDER TO KEEP THE VOTER IGNORANT? ANOTHER WAY FOR AN ALREADY FILTHY RICH CORPORATION TO MAKE MORE MONEY AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CITIZENRY?
WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO KICK ANYONE OFF THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY? ANOTHER FORM OF CURTAILING FREEDOM OF SPEECH? ANOTHER WAY OF LIMITING EDUCATION IN ORDER TO KEEP THE VOTER IGNORANT? ANOTHER WAY FOR AN ALREADY FILTHY RICH CORPORATION TO MAKE MORE MONEY AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CITIZENRY?
# 552:
4:48 pm PST, Jan 30,
Steve Forsythe, New Hampshire
# 551:
4:48 pm PST, Jan 30,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire