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Broken Broadband Promises of Verizon, (NYNEX, Bell Atlantic, etc.)
Verizon was supposed to have over 11 million households wired with fiber-optics by 2000. None of these services exist today. Verizon was also supposed to have over 7 million households with ADSL by 1999. At the end of 2000, Verizon had about 540,000 lines of ADSL. NOTE: ADSL is an inferior product over the old copper networks.
The Original Promises:
(1) NYNEX, NYNEX 1993 Annual Report,
"We're prepared to install between 1.5 and 2 million fiber-optic lines through 1996 to begin building our portion of the Information Superhighway."
(2) Bell Atlantic, Bell Atlantic 1993 Annual Report,
"First, we announced our intention to lead the country in the deployment of the information highway. …We will spend $11 billion over the next five years to rapidly build full-service networks capable of providing these (interactive, multi-media communications, entertainment and information) services within the Bell Atlantic Region.""We expect Bell Atlantic's enhanced network will be ready to serve 8.75 million homes by the end of the year 2000. "
(3) Bell Atlantic, Pennsylvania, Bell PA Annual Report 1998
"The Pennsylvania Plan requires deployment of a universal broadband network, which must be completed in phases: 20% by 1998... Deployment must be reasonably balanced among urban, suburban and rural areas."
(4) NYNEX Massachusetts (Testimony from Alternate Regulation 94-50)
"(In Massachusetts, NYNEX will) deploy a fiber-based broadband network, with initial deployment to approximately 330,000 access lines, by year-end 1995."
(5) Bell Atlantic DSL lines (DSL Infospeed Resellers Program, 10/98)
"Bell Atlantic plans to service 2 million lines in 1998 and an additional 5 million in 1999.