In “Verizon officials catch static over cable TV plan“, Globe staff reporter, Caroyln Johnson writes
Over and over, local officials appeared before the committee noting the current franchise process was working fine, with 49 Verizon cable franchises in place and 19 more pending. Critics voiced concerns that public, educational, and governmental access programming would suffer, that Verizon would be able to “cherry pick” wealthy neighborhoods in which to offer the service, and local governments would lose control of their rights of way under the proposed legislation.”
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