[BULK] Verizon exiting California

Fri Jul 31 13:27:21 UTC 2015

Can anyone else back that up (or refute it)? 

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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 
http://www.ics-il.com 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Colton Conor" <colton.conor at gmail.com> 
To: "Robert Glover" <robertg at garlic.com> 
Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group (nanog at nanog.org)" <nanog at nanog.org> 
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2015 7:43:01 AM 
Subject: Re: [BULK] Verizon exiting California 

Word on the street is that Verizon business/enterprise is about to be sold 
to Centrylink as well. Seems Verizon soon will only be Verizon Wireless. 

On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Robert Glover <robertg at garlic.com> wrote: 

> On 7/30/2015 9:26 AM, Matthew Black wrote: 
> 
>> Verizon sent me a letter the other day stating that they are selling 
>> their landline business to Frontier Communications. It was a very terse 
>> letter and as a customer I don't know if it affects me. While stating they 
>> aren't exiting the Wireless business, I want to know which parts are being 
>> sold off. Just the copper lines, POTS, DSL, FIOS (TV, Internet, phone)? 
>> Some clarity would be great. I am a FIOS only customer. Can anyone recall 
>> if GTE was blocked from doing the same thing a few decades ago? 
>> 
>> matthew black 
>> california state university, long beach 
>> 
> 
> All wireline assets in the Verizon West footprint (California, Texas, and 
> Tampa, FL area) are being aquired by Frontier 
> 
> Here's the Press Release from Frontier: 
> http://investor.frontier.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=895055 
> 
> All wireless assets remain with Verizon. 
> 