[RTC List] Verizon Selling California Phone Business

[William Van Hefner]

All,

Just thought that I would pass this along. Verizon is obviously not the
dominant carrier in the state, but it does serve a large number of rural
areas of Northern California. With the upcoming sale to Frontier, I think
it's safe to say that Verizon customers in those areas can say goodbye to
any chance of getting FiOS service.

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Verizon Communications, Inc. announced
Wednesday plans to sell its landline phone business to Frontier
Communications.

According to a Verizon spokesperson, Verizon is selling its entire
landline business in West Virginia, Ohio, and 12 other states (including
parts of California).

"Our landline business in those states (Charleston as well as more rural
parts of the states) will become part of Frontier once the transaction is
approved, which we’re estimating will take about a year," Harry Mitchell
said. "Verizon Wireless and Verizon Business are not affected by this
deal."

http://commsxpress.com/globalbandwidth/verizon-sells-landline-business/457/



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