NEW JERSEY

Trouble in NJ - State Franchise

Posted on May 14, 2006 - 2:15pm.

from: TMC Net

May 12, 2006

A cable victory for Verizon

(Record, The (Hackensack, NJ) (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) May 12--Verizon's plan to sell cable TV over a new fiber network in New Jersey cleared a major hurdle Thursday.

The Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee approved a bill that would grant Verizon a statewide video franchise, allowing it to bypass the lengthy town-by-town negotiating process that has been in place for more than 30 years.

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