Help stop the sale of Verizon!!

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Don't Let Verizon Leave Vermont Behind

Is Verizon cutting you off? It sure seems like it.

Verizon wants to sell their operations in Vermont — and all of northern New England — to a tiny, debt-laden company: Fairpoint Communications.

FairPoint's finances are shaky. They will need to borrow $1.7 billion to buy Verizon's landlines. Their service record had the highest rate of customer complaints among all telephone companies for 6 of the last 7 years in Vermont and for the last 3 years in Maine. FairPoint's DSL service only provides one half the speed at a higher price than Verizon's DSL. It is ten times slower than Verizon's high speed fiber optic cable (FiOS).

You can stand up to Verizon and say no.

Verizon needs regulatory approval by state regulators in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont to make this sale. The Vermont Department of Public Service, the Maine Public Advocate, the New Hampshire Consumer Advocate, the staff of the New Hampshire Public Utility Commission and the AARP have already recommended that state regulators stop the sale as proposed because it places consumers and communities at significant risk.

Through your state legislators you can make sure that the Public Service Board knows that Vermonters oppose this bad deal. Provide your name and address information to send a message to your representives telling them what is wrong with the sale and asking them to contact the Public Service Board.