A Fairfax County supervisor wants power at the local level to regulate projects such as Verizon Communications' dig to lay a fiber-optic network, which county officials say has been badly managed and has resulted in a flood of customer complaints.
Verizon, it's over. No more letters. No more presents. No more anything.
Verizon Headlines
Verizon to Press Contractors On Immigrant Workers' Pay
(Post,
June 24, 2008; Page D04)
FCC Chief Pushes New Rules on Phone Fees
(Post,
June 13, 2008; Page D01)
Verizon to Buy Alltel, Form Top Wireless Carrier
(Post,
June 6, 2008; Page D01)
It's Not The Money, Can You Hear Me?
(By Rob Pegoraro,
May 29, 2008; Page D01)
Clearwire, Sprint Nextel Set Course for WiMax:
$12 Billion Partnership to Focus on Speed and Distance
(Post,
May 8, 2008; Page D01)
An Outbreak of Caring:
Stung by Complaints, Telecoms Stress Customer Service
(Post,
April 30, 2008; Page D01)
Verizon Adds Customers; Profit Rises 10%
(Post,
April 29, 2008; Page D03)
AT& T, Verizon Plan Wireless Future:
Winners in FCC Auction Talk of More 'Open' Networks
(Post,
April 5, 2008; Page D01)
Verizon Asks FCC to Help Ease Switches From Cable
(Post,
March 27, 2008; Page D02)
Verizon Works to Let Other Devices on Network
(Post,
March 20, 2008; Page D03)
METRORAIL:
System Would Allow Use of All Cellphones
(Post,
March 13, 2008; Page B03)
Bush Moves to Shield Telecommunications Firms
(Post,
March 2, 2008; Page A07)
Picture Imperfect
(By Rob Pegoraro,
December 13, 2007; Page D01)
Verizon To Open Its Wireless Network:
Move Gives Users Increased Choices
(Post,
November 28, 2007; Page D01)
Lansdowne Vote Comes as News To Many Residents
(Post,
November 18, 2007; Page LZ03)
Fast Forward's Help File
(By Rob Pegoraro,
November 18, 2007; Page F02)
Verizon Says It Turned Over Data Without Court Orders:
Firm's Letter to Lawmakers Details Government Requests
(Post,
October 16, 2007; Page A01)
Sprint Attacks Phone Giants on Access
(Post,
October 3, 2007; Page D02)
Sprint Presses for Cheaper Access to Broadband Lines
(Post,
October 2, 2007; Page D01)
Fios in Your Neighborhood? Don't Ask Verizon
(By Rob Pegoraro,
September 27, 2007; Page D01)
Patent Rulings Against Vonage Upheld
(Post,
September 27, 2007; Page D02)
Telecom Changes Put Competition on the Line
(Post,
September 6, 2007; Page D01)
Md. Panel Grills Verizon Over Delays in Repairs
(Post,
August 9, 2007; Page B01)
Verizon Changes Course, Supports Open-Access Plan
(Post,
July 26, 2007; Page D08)
Manassas Cable Service Is Poised for Upgrade:
Verizon Advances as Comcast Fortifies
(Post,
June 28, 2007; Page PW01)
Judge Offers Plan to Keep Vonage Afloat
(Post,
June 26, 2007; Page D02)
Wireless Choice Is Far From Clear
(By Rob Pegoraro,
June 21, 2007; Page D01)
Shareholders At Verizon Back Vote on Executive Pay
(Post,
May 19, 2007; Page D01)
Verizon Vote on Pay Too Close to Call:
Results on Executive Compensation Proposal Due in a Week
(Post,
May 4, 2007; Page D02)
Vonage Wins Stay in Verizon Dispute
(Post,
April 25, 2007; Page D03)
AFL-CIO Goes After 6 Verizon Directors:
Campaign Tests Shareholder Rights
(Post,
April 20, 2007; Page D01)
Verizon Center Ticket Tax to Rise to 10%
(Post,
April 20, 2007; Page B01)
Patent Ruling Impact:
The Internet Phone Upstart Could Lose a Technology and a Future
(Post,
April 6, 2007; Page D01)
Verizon Center Operator Presents Case for D.C. Aid:
Pollin Is Asking Council for $50 Million for Arena Upgrades
(Post,
March 20, 2007; Page B01)
Vonage Ordered To Pay Verizon In Patent Case
(Post,
March 9, 2007; Page D01)
Expensive Upgrades:
$50 Million Urged For Verizon Center
(Post,
February 21, 2007; Page A01)
Cable TV War Fails To Ease Rates in md.
(Post,
February 18, 2007; Page C11)
Fiber-Optic Focus, Asset Sales Trim Verizon's Profit
(Post,
January 30, 2007; Page D02)
Verizon Agrees to Spin Off Local Telephone Business In Northern New England
(Post,
January 17, 2007; Page D02)
For Now, a Cingular Sensation:
Apple Gets Early Buzz With Its Snazzy iPhone, But There Are Obstacles on Its Way to Market
(Post,
January 13, 2007; Page D01)
Verizon Follows Apple's Example:
Telecom Firm Aims to Lure Cable Customers to TV Service
(Post,
December 28, 2006; Page D01)
Hookups That Let You Violate Service Terms Anywhere
(By Rob Pegoraro,
December 17, 2006; Page F04)
Missing the Big Picture
(By Rob Pegoraro,
November 28, 2006; Page D01)
Hello, Cellphone? YouTube Calling:
Verizon Deal Is Latest to Link Voice, Video Firms
(Post,
November 28, 2006; Page D01)
Horse Show's Close May Be the End of Its Tenure in D.C.
(Post,
October 30, 2006; Page E12)
Verizon, Montgomery Reach Tentative Deal:
Phone Firm Could Offer Cable Television in County Pending Council Approval
(Post,
September 14, 2006; Page D04)
Called by Faith to the Phone Booth:
As Companies Cut Back, Amish and Mennonites Are Building Their Own
(Post,
September 3, 2006; Page C01)
Verizon Drops DSL Fee
(Post,
August 31, 2006; Page D04)
Verizon Loses Land-Line Customers, Profit
(Post,
August 2, 2006; Page D05)
Verizon Overbills 11,000 Customers:
Software Problem Now Fixed, Phone Company Says
(Post,
July 19, 2006; Page D01)
USA Today Takes Back Some of NSA Claims
(Post,
July 1, 2006; Page A02)
MONTGOMERY CABLE:
Verizon Brings Antitrust Suit
(Post,
June 30, 2006; Page B06)
Verizon Wireless To Lower Exit Fee:
Move Addresses Major Complaint Of Consumers
(Post,
June 29, 2006; Page D01)
Verizon Bias Suit Deal Sets Record:
Pregnancy Case Yields Payout Of $48.9 Million
(Post,
June 6, 2006; Page D01)
RCN Sees Room to Carve Out Niche:
Between Verizon and Comcast, RCN Sees Room to Carve Out Its Own Niche
(Post,
June 5, 2006; Page D01)
Challengers Fail to Displace the Treo 650
(By Rob Pegoraro,
June 4, 2006; Page F07)
BellSouth Wants Story Retractions
(Post,
May 19, 2006; Page A07)
Verizon Says It Did Not Give Customer Records to NSA
(Post,
May 17, 2006; Page A07)
NSA Program Further Blurs Line on Privacy:
Consumers Grow Accustomed to Surrendering Personal Data
(Post,
May 13, 2006; Page D01)
Verizon Fined for Chalk-On-Sidewalk Ads
(Post,
April 1, 2006; Page D01)
Verizon High-Speed Services Deregulated:
FCC Democrats Decry Lack of Vote
(Post,
March 21, 2006; Page D05)
Va. Law Aims to Widen Field of Cable Providers
(Post,
March 11, 2006; Page B04)
Face-Off Looms Among The Titans of Telecom:
AT& T's Whitacre and Verizon's Seidenberg Are Battling for Supremacy In a Highly Competitive Sector, Using Acquisitions and Bets on the Future
(Post,
March 7, 2006; Page D01)
Pay Fight in Verizon's Trenches:
Day Laborers for a Verizon Subcontractor Say They Were Cheated
(Post,
February 16, 2006; Page D01)
Charge E-Mailers, but Keep Pipeline Open
(By Rob Pegoraro,
February 10, 2006; Page D01)
Service Call
(By Steven Pearlstein,
February 3, 2006; Page D01)
Verizon Lays It on Line:
CEO Sticks By Costly Rollout of Fiber-Optic Network
(Post,
February 1, 2006; Page D01)
Ivan G. Seidenberg Interview Excerpts:
CEO, Verizon Communications Inc.
(Post,
January 31, 2006; 10:03 PM)
The Treo With the Right Number? It All Depends
(By Rob Pegoraro,
January 29, 2006; Page F07)
Verizon Targeting MCI Customers:
But Since Acquisition, Brand Is Disappearing
(Post,
January 23, 2006; Page D01)
Double Trouble
(By Don Oldenburg,
January 8, 2006; Page F06)
Verizon To Offer Cable in Maryland:
Howard County Approves Service
(Post,
January 4, 2006; Page D01)
Md. Town's Holiday Glow Is Zapped
(Post,
December 19, 2005; Page B01)
MCI Wins Network Deal
(Post,
December 15, 2005; Page D05)
Verizon May Shed Yellow Pages Unit
(Post,
December 5, 2005; Page A06)
Herndon Ready for Cable TV From Verizon
(Post,
November 19, 2005; Page D01)
Utilities Cry Foul Over Verizon Dig:
Line Damage Adds to Feud With Cable Firms
(Post,
October 19, 2005; Page D01)
What's Cooking, Officer?
(By John Kelly,
October 13, 2005; Page C10)
Picking Up a Message From Verizon
(Post,
October 11, 2005; Page C10)
Picking Up a Message From Verizon
(By John Kelly,
October 11, 2005; Page C10)
FCC Smiles on AT&T, MCI Sales, Sources Say
(Post,
October 8, 2005; Page D01)
Verizon Makes Pitch for Cable to Fairfax Board
(Post,
September 27, 2005; Page D01)
Verizon Starts TV Service in Texas:
Launch Begins Head-to-Head Competition With Cable, Satellite Companies
(Post,
September 22, 2005; Page D05)
Fiber-Optic Web Lines, High-Tech Headaches
(Post,
September 19, 2005; Page B01)
Comcast's Montgomery Manager Resigns
(Post,
September 15, 2005; Page A09)
A Time to Be Wrong, a Time to Be Accurate
(By John Kelly,
September 1, 2005; Page C09)
Preparing For a High-Speed Departure
(By Robert MacMillan,
August 24, 2005; 9:33 AM)
Meeting Government's Needs:
Telecom Mergers Shift Playing Field for Contractors
(Post,
August 22, 2005; Page D01)
Comcast Files Suit Against Ex-Manager:
Defendant Allegedly Tried to Take Data to New Md. Job With Verizon
(Post,
August 18, 2005; Page B07)
Broadband Competition Remains
(By Rob Pegoraro,
August 14, 2005; Page F07)
Glitch on Verizon Wireless Web Site Left Data at Risk
(Post,
August 12, 2005; Page D01)
Verizon Wireless Fixes Web Site Vulnerabilities:
Glitches Allowed Online Viewing of Other Customers' Data
(washingtonpost.com,
August 11, 2005; 6:38 PM)
Battle for the Bundle:
Cable, Phone, Internet Companies Seek All-in-One Customers
(Post,
August 8, 2005; Page D01)
Verizon, Comcast Jockey for Position In Cable TV
(Post,
August 4, 2005; Page HO05)
Fairfax Suspicious of Verizon:
Company's Mailing on Tax Idea Called Misleading
(Post,
August 2, 2005; Page B05)
Verizon, Fairfax a Step Closer to Cable Deal:
County Board Might Hold Public Hearing
(Post,
July 29, 2005; Page D05)
Telecom Plugs Into Wireless:
Quarterly Reports Record Shift Away From Phone Service
(Post,
July 27, 2005; Page D05)
Herndon Lets Verizon Offer Cable:
Locality Is First in Mid-Atlantic or Northeast to Allow Phone Company to Compete
(Post,
July 20, 2005; Page D05)
Verizon Pursues Local Cable Franchises:
City and County Councils to Consider Applications in an Expanding Market
(Post,
July 19, 2005; Page D04)
Comcast Repair Complaints Surge:
Company Blames Verizon as Montgomery Customers Stew
(Post,
July 17, 2005; Page A01)
Cox Communications Accuses Verizon of Damaging Cables
(Post,
June 30, 2005; Page VA08)
MCI Investor Fighting Merger With Verizon
(Post,
June 16, 2005; Page D04)
Progress and Problems as Fiber-Optic Cable Is Installed
(Post,
June 9, 2005; Page LZ03)
Fiber-Optic Cable Work Has Officials on Watch for Problems
(Post,
June 9, 2005; Page VA03)
Sprint Prepares to Cut the Cord:
With Nextel as Merger Partner, Focus Is Shifting to Wireless
(Post,
June 6, 2005; Page D01)
Verizon Upgrades, Disruptions Possible This Summer
(Post,
June 2, 2005; Page PW01)
Phone Firms Lose Out on Statewide TV Franchises
(Post,
June 1, 2005; Page D05)
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