Submitted by mauro on May 29, 2008 - 7:09pm.
Funny, only a couple of days after my previous blog post, SSSHHH... , the generic letter to the editor that has been sent around through members of the Alliance of Community Media, a friend of mine, who lives in Worcester, shows me a letter he received from Verzion. The letter invites him to buy into a bundle package deal that includes DSL, Video , over 200 or so HD Channels, and phone, all for one low price. Sounds great right? Until they become the only game n town and see what happens then. Don't forget, unless they are forced to they will not carry your favorite public access channel(s).
I wonder if the city is on top of this. Worcester, as the licensing authority, has the power to demand that Verizon match, dollar for dollar, term for term, what ever deal they have with Charter for their video services to support public access.
Let's see what comes of that, stay tuned.
