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from: Washington Post

Verizon Says It Turned over Data Without Court Orders

From Washington Post, October 16, 2007
By Ellen Nakashima

Verizon Communications, the nation’s second-largest telecom company, told congressional investigators that it has provided customers’ telephone records to federal authorities in emergency cases without court orders hundreds of times since 2005.

from: Consumers Affairs

Google Challenges Verizon Over Lobbying Of FCC
Rollback of "open access" requirements faulted

by Martin H. Bosworth
ConsumerAffairs.Com

October 5, 2007

Google has accused Verizon Wireless of violating Federal Communications Commission rules in its lobbying efforts to roll back the FCC's recent ruling on the wireless spectrum auction.

from: Wall Street Journal

Verizon’s TV Figures Questioned

October 4, 2007
By Christopher Rhoads

Verizon Communications Inc.’s high-stakes plan to deliver a super-fast fiber-optic connection to millions of its customers has hit a possible snag: a lawsuit charging the company with overstating television subscriber numbers for its new network.

from: Public Knowledge

Verizon’s Ties Really Bind

October 3, 2007
By Art Brodsky

There appears to be a dropped connection between Verizon Executive Vice President Thomas Tauke, who talks with members of Congress and policymakers, and Verizon’s’ customer service representatives, who talk to the populace at large.

from: NY Daily News

Verizon cable TV deal worth too much to be done in secret

Juan Gonzalez
Wednesday, October 3rd 2007, 4:00 AM

In the next few weeks, the city is expected to conclude talks with Verizon over a new 15-year franchise that would let the telephone giant offer cable TV service throughout the city.

from: Wired

Verizon Dumps on Open Access, Sues FCC

By Bryan Gardiner EmailSeptember 13, 2007

VerizonCasting aside all pretense of public interest (and concern for corporate image), Verizon Wireless filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decrying the open access rules pertaining to the FCC's forthcoming 700 MHz auction.

from: NorthJersey.com

Verizon faulted over lack of access

CLIFTON -- If you pick Verizon, you won't get City Council meetings. Or Board of Education meetings. Or any other event transmitted over Clifton's public access channel.

from: MultiChannel News

Verizon Appeals to FCC for Three-Year Set-Top Waiver
NCTA Also Asks Full Commission to Review Denial of Its Request

By Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 7/31/2007 1:20:00 PM

The Federal Communications Commission last month granted Verizon Communications a one-year waiver to the agency’s integrated-set-top ban for high-end devices, but on Monday, the telco asked to have until 2010 before it’s required to comply with the rule.

from: Towson Times

Fiber-optic cable work leaves lawns with scars

07/25/07
by Bryan P. Sears

Paula Gore isn't happy with the state of her lawn these days.

It's not pests or lack of rain. Gore is upset with the topsoil-covered patches and trenches that dot her yard and others along her cul-de-sac of 4,600-square-foot homes along Tremblant Court near St. Paul's School.

from: Capital Times

New Coalition Attempts to Squash Controversial Cable Bill in Wisconsin

From Capital Times, July 11, 2007
By Judith Davidoff

Saying consumers have been excluded from the debate, a new coalition announced efforts today to fight efforts by AT&T and state legislators to deregulate the cable television industry.