YOUR COMMENTS

If Verizon has made no commitment in years to build out a FIOS network in ME, NH or VT then it probably never will. They havent even built out a DSL network that is reliable. We are better of with a company who at least is willing to make a commitment to do something.
- Todd, Portland ME

And lest we forget, the cash to run Fairpoint's operations will be generated from the fees received for DSL. As more people move to Comcast for the speed, fewer fees , especially in the south, will flow into Fairpoints coffers, and thus NH will have a bankrupt phone company. This company does not have the proper backing to properly run a capiltal intensive business. 9 million in cash is nothing in todays risk adverse credit market. Tough to sell NH as a bonifide business area when the key component for commications is bankrupt. This deal must be stopped.
- Bill, Nashua

If the money in this deal is so tight that everyone has a question as to whether it is affordable?? Please tell me who will pick up the tab if fuel prices double again or cooper doubles in price again or vechiles prices keep going up,lawyers,electronics,health care hazardous cleanup and the list goes on and on..can they still borrow more money than they can afford(this seems to be a national problem). Will they cut the upper level bonus' ( of course not silly! because that is what this whole deal is about! Ha! and you thought it was about service) Bank rupt companies can get another chance by screwing people and starting over dept free..or we could do what everyone knows is right and stop this maddness before it goes any further.
- brian blakeman, sharon vt

Everytime I see a Verizon FIOS ad while watching the Patriots on a Boston-based TV station, it just gets me more mad that NH residents will never see that kind of high-speed access because our regulators are more concerned with what's good for Verizon and Fairpoint than what's good for NH residents and businesses. I just hope that my company doesn't decide to move from NH to MA (or farther away where I'll have to find a new job) because we won't be able to get the high-speed offerings in NH we'll need to stay competitive. Shooting down the deal will force Verizon to upgrade NH's network to turn a profit. Approving the deal renders northern New England a technological backwater behind even states like Montana and the Dakotas.
- Mike, Bedford

This crappy deal will make Comcast the ultimate monopoly in NH. TV, Broadband and phone, Comcast will right up there with PSNH throwing it's weight around.
- Chris, Merrimack

Every time I see the ad on TV about Comcast and the turtles I thing that Comcast is laughing at us. Lets say yes to Fairpoint so we can have yesterday's technology taking NH into the future for internet access. Most cable companies offer broad band service that is faster then DSL. I don't like to have limited options on anything, but a vote for Fairpoint just strengthens the cable companies monopoly.
- Bob, Hudson