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talmand
on Feb 6, 2014
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There’s something rotten in the state of online vi...
Sort of, my understanding is that they mostly received tax breaks with possibly some subsidies.
Either way, they received an incentive to do so.
aroch
on Feb 6, 2014
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Verizon got something like $10billion in cash to build FiOS out in New York...and never did
JTon
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I've heard this before. How can they "get away" not building it, legally speaking? Makes no sense to me in this context
aroch
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Because of how the contract was worded, they didn't have to
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provide the service just "attempt" to or something like that
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Because the bill that awarded them the funding was written in a way where there were no repercussions for not doing so.
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Either way, they received an incentive to do so.