03/29/2008 - 8:15am
March 28, 2008, 5:08PM
N.H. Reviewing FairPoint-Verizon Deal
By NORMA LOVE Associated Press Writer
© 2008 The Associated Press
CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire and Vermont regulators will hold emergency meetings Sunday to reconsider the sale of Verizon's landline phone and Internet service in northern New England to North Carolina-based FairPoint Communications.
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03/27/2008 - 7:45am
Tentative contract gives raises for next five years
By KATE DAVIDSON
Monitor staff
Two unions that represent more than 2,500 Verizon employees in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont have reached a tentative contract with FairPoint Communications, the North Carolina-based company that will take over Verizon's landline operations in the three states March 31.
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02/29/2008 - 11:08am
Verizon: $500,000,000 — Public: $0
By: JEFF INGLIS, The Portland Phoenix
From time to time, we all wonder how bad public-policy choices make it through "the democratic process," being vetted and scrutinized by "the appropriate agencies," and incorporating "public input."
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02/29/2008 - 10:52am
02/26/2008 - 10:28am
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Communications Workers of America
News Release
For Immediate Release: February 26, 2008
NH provides last regulatory approval...
Unions pledge to work with new employer and regulators to ensure high quality service and expanded broadband
02/26/2008 - 8:27am
By DENIS PAISTE
New Hampshire Union Leader Staff
MANCHESTER – More than a year after a $2.7 billion telecommunications deal was proposed, the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission yesterday gave final approval for the transfer of Verizon Communications' regional landline phone business to FairPoint Communications.
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02/26/2008 - 8:25am
The Associated Press
CONCORD, N.H.
New Hampshire regulators on Monday approved the sale of Verizon's landline phone and Internet service in northern New England to North Carolina-based FairPoint Communications, saying they believe FairPoint has shown that the proposed deal is for the public good.
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02/26/2008 - 8:23am
By DENIS PAISTE
New Hampshire Union Leader Staff
CONCORD – More than a year after a $2.7 billion telecommunications deal was proposed, the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission today gave final approval for the transfer of Verizon Communications’ regional landline phone business to FairPoint Communications.
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02/20/2008 - 12:19pm
Verizon has had a difficult time getting approval for the sale of its networks to FairPoint in 3 New England regions. The state of Maine was the first to approve the deal after many revisions were made to the terms of the sale. A few weeks ago, Vermont regulators struck a tentative deal allowing the sale to potentially move forward.
02/20/2008 - 12:15pm
By DENIS PAISTE
New Hampshire Union Leader Staff
MANCHESTER – Vermont's Public Service Board approved FairPoint Communications' acquisition of Verizon Communications' landlines yesterday, the second of the three northern New England states to approve the amended $2.35 billion deal.
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