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		<title>FiOS-Less Cities Complain to FCC About Comcast Deal &#8211; Though It&#8217;s Unclear They Were Ever Going to Get FiOS</title>
		<link>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/fios-less-cities-complain-to-fcc-about-comcast-deal-though-its-unclear-they-were-ever-going-to-get-fios</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were dozens of cities left out of Verizon's FiOS expansion plans and five of them (Boston, Buffalo, Albany, Baltimore and Syracuse) have complained to the FCC warning the regulatory agency that the deal would eliminate any chance of future FiOS e...]]></description>
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		<title>FCC Wonders About Verizon&#8217;s Spectrum Crunch Math &#8211; Digging Deeply Into New Cable Industry Deal</title>
		<link>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/fcc-wonders-about-verizons-spectrum-crunch-math-digging-deeply-into-new-cable-industry-deal</link>
		<comments>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/fcc-wonders-about-verizons-spectrum-crunch-math-digging-deeply-into-new-cable-industry-deal#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Wonders-About-Verizons-Spectrum-Crunch-Math-118770</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In December Verizon, Time Warner Cable, Comcast and Bright House announced a massive deal that not only involved the sale of $3.6 billion in cable industry spectrum to Verizon, but also gave the telco the right to bundle their wireless service with the...]]></description>
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		<title>Competitors Want More Detail on Verizon Cable Deal &#8211; Fight Over What Should be Made Public Record Ramps Up</title>
		<link>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/competitors-want-more-detail-on-verizon-cable-deal-fight-over-what-should-be-made-public-record-ramps-up</link>
		<comments>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/competitors-want-more-detail-on-verizon-cable-deal-fight-over-what-should-be-made-public-record-ramps-up#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Competitors-Want-More-Detail-on-Verizon-Cable-Deal-118343</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Responding to consumer advocate and competitor concerns that the new Verizon, cable industry deal could include some anti-competitive conditions ( we won't install new FiOS in your markets if you let us sell wireless to your customers and sell us spect...]]></description>
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		<title>SureWest Sold to Consolidated Communications &#8211; $340 Million Deal For 145,700 Customers</title>
		<link>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/surewest-sold-to-consolidated-communications-340-million-deal-for-145700-customers</link>
		<comments>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/surewest-sold-to-consolidated-communications-340-million-deal-for-145700-customers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent rumors had suggested Surewest Communications was on the verge of being acquired by Google. As it turns out, that was only half right. Surewest Communications this morning announced that the company has been acquired -- by Consolidated Communicat...]]></description>
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		<title>Does Verizon Cable Deal Spell Death of FiOS Expansion? &#8211; The New York Times Certainly Seems to Think So</title>
		<link>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/does-verizon-cable-deal-spell-death-of-fios-expansion-the-new-york-times-certainly-seems-to-think-so</link>
		<comments>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/does-verizon-cable-deal-spell-death-of-fios-expansion-the-new-york-times-certainly-seems-to-think-so#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Does-Verizon-Cable-Deal-Spell-Death-of-FiOS-Expansion-117620</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For more than a year we've noted that with the exception of markets that have signed franchise obligations (New York, Washington DC, Philadelphia), Verizon's fiber to the home FiOS build is essentially over. The company had previously stated that they ...]]></description>
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		<title>Justice Department Probes Verizon Cable Deal &#8211; As Consumer Groups Worry About Competitive Impact</title>
		<link>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/justice-department-probes-verizon-cable-deal-as-consumer-groups-worry-about-competitive-impact</link>
		<comments>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/justice-department-probes-verizon-cable-deal-as-consumer-groups-worry-about-competitive-impact#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Justice-Department-Probes-Verizon-Cable-Deal-117523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the AT&#38;T deal shelved, consumer advocates are now turning their attention to Verizon's recently announced $3.6 billion alliance with the cable industry. The deal  gives Verizon a significant spectrum boost in addition to an exclusive partnership t...]]></description>
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		<title>Zayo acquires 360networks</title>
		<link>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/zayo-acquires-360networks</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deal size: $319 million
Why it's relevant? With its $319 million acquisition of 360networks, Zayo instantly increases its fiber and service footprint with more than 44,000 route miles and nearly two million fiber miles.
In making this purchase, Zayo ad...]]></description>
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		<title>TelePacific acquires Tel West, Telekenex and OCiX</title>
		<link>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/telepacific-acquires-tel-west-telekenex-and-ocix</link>
		<comments>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/telepacific-acquires-tel-west-telekenex-and-ocix#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deal sizes: Undisclosed
Why are these deals relevant? TelePacific's three summertime acquisitions were geared not just to help it grow in the currently trending data center and managed services space, but also to maintain competitiveness against the in...]]></description>
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		<title>Windstream purchases PAETEC</title>
		<link>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/windstream-purchases-paetec</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deal Size: $2.3 billion
Why it's relevant? Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN), unlike its fellow Tier 2 ILECs, may have not pulled off ambitious deals like its fellows CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) or Frontier Communications (NYSE: FTR) did with their respective purch...]]></description>
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		<title>SpectrumCo Deal Could Spell Trouble for DSL &#8211; Verizon Could Target Other Telcos With LTE</title>
		<link>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/spectrumco-deal-could-spell-trouble-for-dsl-verizon-could-target-other-telcos-with-lte</link>
		<comments>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/spectrumco-deal-could-spell-trouble-for-dsl-verizon-could-target-other-telcos-with-lte#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/SpectrumCo-Deal-Could-Spell-Trouble-for-DSL-117330</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We've been noting for years that DSL is essentially dead to Verizon, even though more than 50% of their footprint still resides on the technology. Verizon's been offloading aging DSL and landline networks to companies like Fairpoint and Frontier, with ...]]></description>
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