Verizon says no 'redlining' to rich in video debut
Of course, this has been a huge issue here in Texas--the cable television operators have been running propaganda commercials on cable television for the past couple of months accusing the telcos of planning to do just this--cater only to the more wealthy neighborhoods in any "Video-over-foo" deployment-- to influnce the discussion on allowing telco's involvement in deploying video (read: television) services here in Texas.
Prior history here, and even earlier this morning here.
And now, Reuters brings us this revelation:
The chairman of Verizon Communications Inc. said on Tuesday the company would not "redline," or favor wealthier customers at the expense of poorer ones, as it rolls out its video service.
Ivan Seidenberg said that cable companies had used the threat of redlining as a "political tool" against Verizon and SBC Communications Inc., which want to compete against cable companies but without many of the legal restrictions.
posted by Fergie @ 6/07/2005 10:21:00 AM
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