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Controlling A Hole in The Ground

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.


Former Customers Off Limits To Verizon

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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