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Thursday, February 5, 2009
Council Gives Final Approval to Verizon FiOS Franchise
It’s official. Another cable provider is coming to Philadelphia.

Council just unanimously passed legislation that will allow Verizon to bring its fiber-optic FiOS TV network to Philadelphia. Verizon, whose request stalled in previous hearings in November and December, will get a 15-year franchise.

Comcast has been the only major cable provider in the city.

Councilman Bill Green had proposed adding an amendment to make the company pay more for public-access programming. But he withdrew those plans today after Mayor Nutter resolved the issue with local public access advocates.
Posted by Catherine Lucey @ 11:30 AM  Permalink | 2 comments
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Posted 02:45 PM, 02/05/2009
craque
Finally. Now please start wiring asap!!!
Posted 11:24 PM, 02/10/2009
fitlatino8
Thank god!!! It is about that that Comcrap gets their dues for cheating and abusing customers for years thinking that they can get away with it with not having any competition, well guess what? Karma is a you know what! Please wire ASAP!!!
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About Chris Brennan and Catherine Lucey
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Chris Brennan, a native Philadelphian and graduate of Temple University, joined the Daily News in 1999. He has written about SEPTA, the Philadelphia School District, the legalization of casino gambling, state government, the mayor, the governor, City Council and political campaigns.

Catherine Lucey joined the Daily News in 2002. Since then she has written about murderous drug gangs, political protesters and Harry Potter. For the past two years, she covered the 2007 mayoral election. Now that the battle is over, she has moved down to the City Hall bureau where she will report on the Nutter administration.
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