Public Outcry Growing to Stop Verizon from Abandoning New England
5th December 2007
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Public opposition to the proposed sale of Verizon’s New England landlines to FairPoint Communications just keeps growing as more and more people realize how bad a deal it really is.
The Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader reports today that nearly nine out of 10 letters filed with the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (NHPUC) through mid-November oppose the sale, according to an analysis released by Jobs with Justice.
The paper reports that of 252 letters and e-mail messages taking a position on the proposed $2.7 billion sale, 225 comments, or 89 percent, were against the sale, while only 27 were for it, according to the analysis. A whopping 97 percent of comments submitted by elected officials opposed the sale.