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    City Reaches Settlement Agreement with Verizon FiOS Regarding Expansion

    Internet Access  •  Citywide

    Mayor Bill de Blasio. Image credit: CityLand

    The new agreement stresses the need for internet access. On November 24, 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio announce efforts to tackle the digital divide in New York City by ensuring that Verizon builds out its FiOS footprint to 500,000 additional householders, making high-speed fiber broadband available to more New Yorkers. Verizon failed to meet the terms of its current cable franchise agreement made with the Bloomberg administration to build out its FiOS network. (read more…)

    Tags : internet access, NYCHA, Verizon, Verizon FiOS
    Date:12/15/2020
    Category : Mayor
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