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InternetNews May 19, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Texas is Locus of Verizon's Fiber Focus The carrier begins an aggressive fiber-to-the-premises rollout in the Lone Star State.
InternetNews November 11, 2004 Michael Singer	IP TV in 2005? Trying to wrest residential customers from cable rivals, SBC will launch TV over fiber by late next year, the regional telecom said today.
BusinessWeek May 2, 2005 Lowry & Ante	Verizon's Video Vision Terry Denson, Verizon Communication's 39-year-old v.p. for video programming and content marketing, wants to turn the telecom giant into a media powerhouse. Here's his plan.
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BusinessWeek February 12, 2007 Spencer E. Ante	Lightspeed's Slow Start Questions dog the new high-speed AT&T network that offers phone, Net, and TV.
InternetNews December 22, 2003 Colin Haley	Verizon Weaves Fiber-to-Home Plan The telecom's effort to eliminate the last-mile slowdown advances with the selection of four more equipment vendors. Fiber-to-the-premises technology can transfer data at speeds up to 622 megabits per second to the user and 155 megabits per second to the network -- far faster than cable modems or today's DSL.
InternetNews October 27, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Wants Motorola Gear Verizon has tapped Motorola for video network infrastructure and customer premises equipment related to the carrier's fiber-to-the-premises push, the companies announced today.
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BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 Yang et al.	The Shifting Telecom Landscape With AT&T and MCI going, the Bells will compete with cable and tech companies.
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InternetNews October 29, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Mulls Local Line Sales Verizon Communications may divest millions of local phone lines as its fiber-to-the-premises and wireless businesses become more central to its long-term plans.
InternetNews May 5, 2005 Colin C. Haley	SBC Taps Amdocs For IP Services Billing The carrier moves a step closer to widespread rollout of broadband, TV and voice service over fiber. New deal will unify billing systems to make paying easier for customers.
InternetNews January 4, 2006 Roy Mark	Verizon Cracks Maryland's Cable Market Verizon added another piece to its fiber-optic video market Tuesday when Howard County, MD, authorized the phone giant to begin offering its FiOS television service in the prosperous Washington, D.C., suburb.
InternetNews March 31, 2005 Colin C. Haley	SBC Closes in on Video Strategy The regional carrier awards a $195M contract to Scientific-Atlanta, which will provide equipment, design and build video operation centers for SBC.
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InternetNews April 10, 2008	Verizon Battles Time Warner Cable Over Ads Telephone service provider Verizon Communications brought its battle for video customers to court on Wednesday, with a lawsuit accusing rival Time Warner Cable of false advertising.
InternetNews August 29, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Verizon Co-Brands Windows Live Verizon and Microsoft deepened their alliance today, offering digital subscriber line and fiber optics service subscribers online services tied to Windows Live.
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InternetNews October 25, 2005 Jim Wagner	Cable in Talks With Sprint Nextel? Cox Communications, Comcast and Time Warner are reportedly weeks away from signing a wireless phone agreement with Nextel.
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Grover & Lowry	Satellite's Hot Pursuit Of Cable In the all-out war for subscribers, the satellite industry is clearly winning out over the cable industry.
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InternetNews November 17, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Microsoft Wins Over SBC for TV Over IP The telecom carrier taps the Redmond platform for 'triple play' (TV, phone, and Internet) service delivery.
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InternetNews June 7, 2005 Jim Wagner	Verizon Calls For Telecom Reform The rules should to be changed so telecoms can better compete with cable operators, says Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg.
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PC World August 2005 Tom Spring	ISPs Attempt to Stop Public Broadband Cable and DSL providers battle cities that want to offer access to residents.
Scientific American July 2005 Lamont Wood	Copper for Fiber In the end, the hybrid DSL/fiber approach may just whet consumers' appetites for pure fiber, especially as its upgrade potential is realized--the 100-megabit maximum offered by Verizon is only one millionth the theoretical capacity of fiber.
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InternetNews July 15, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Bells' TV Bill Gets New Life A bill to help speed TV-over-fiber rollouts has cleared the Texas Senate, but the window is closing on the legislative session.
InternetNews October 20, 2005 Roy Mark	IPTV Challenges Regulatory Models Verizon and SBC want to run fiber-optic cable into homes delivering an IP network offering bundled television, telephone and high-speed Internet to consumers without having to meet the same regulatory obligations that cable companies do.
Popular Mechanics May 2007 Erin McCarthy	Fiberoptic Broadband: Three Things You Need To Know Internet service providers and now running high-capacity fiberoptic lines to consumers' homes.
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InternetNews May 31, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Texas Slows Bells' TV Plans In a blow to SBC and Verizon, Texas lawmakers this weekend adjourned without passing a bill designed to accelerate TV-over-fiber rollouts.
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