[Vision2020] Communities just now getting access to broadbandInternet service?

[Ron Force]

Rate hikes coming true for some:

Frontier plans massive FiOS cable TV rate hike
Frontier Communications Corp. plans a massive rate hike for its FiOS cable TV 
customers in Oregon and Washington, marginalizing the company as a competitor to 
Comcast. 
Rates will rise 46 percent or more for standard cable plans -- the result, 
Frontier says, of rate hikes by the cable networks. 
The higher rates won't immediately affect customers who have Frontier FiOS TV 
contracts with set pricing. But for customers without a contract, and customers 
whose contracts are expiring, the rate hikes will be steep. 
For example, the monthly cost of Frontier's standard, 220-channel package will 
rise from $65 to $95 a month -- a 46 percent increase. The higher rates kicked 
in Monday for new customers, and start February 18 for existing customers 
without a service contract.
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/01/frontier_plans_massive_fios_ca.html Ron
 Force
Moscow Idaho USA




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From: deb <debismith at moscow.com>
To: Mike Hall <mikech at fsr.com>; Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 3:54:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Communities just now getting access to 
broadbandInternet service?

 
OK, so when can we get high speed internet from  anyone up here on Steakhouse 
Hill---without resorting to a dish? Will Frontier  be investing in cell 
reception out this way? What about cable? Time Warner laid  cable on our place 
after cutting down all our wind-break trees, and no benefit  to us.....Thanks 
for nothing, Frontier and TimeWarner. And a real thanks to  First Step, as we 
continue to get great service from them in a difficult area to  serve. Our 
connection is still dial-up, they still have it, and they provide  fine tech 
service when we need it. I have a hunch the Frontier "hype" is another  way to 
justify a future rate hike.....
Debi R-S
----- Original Message ----- 
>From: Mike Hall 
>To: Vision 2020 
>Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 1:37    PM
>Subject: [Vision2020] Communities just    now getting access to 
>broadbandInternet service?
>
>
>In    response to the Daily News article: Frontier Communications to expand 
>services    Eleven communities surrounding area to gain access to high speed 
>Internet    Staff Report  Posted on: Saturday, January 01,  2011
>Dnews,
> 
>This is a curious statement. "The communities of Palouse,    Fairfield, 
>Garfield, Genesee, Latah, Oakesdale, Rockford, Rosalia, Tekoa,    Thornton and 
>Weippe will soon have access to high speed    Internet."  
>
> 
>ALL of these communities, except for Latah and Thornton,    have had high speed 
>Internet from First Step Internet and/or Elk River Cable    for years (Palouse 
>since 2001).  First Step Internet already serves over    1100 households in 
>these communities.  It's great of Frontier to finally    get around to investing 
>in these communities, but to present it as something    totally new, when it is 
>really just "johnny come lately" is less than    accurate.  As opposed to a real 
>news piece, this article reads like an    advertisement for Frontier.  Not that 
>we mind too much.  Frontier is    one of our partners for our DSL service.  But 
>it would be great to have    Dnews paint a bigger picture than what is spoon fed 
>to you by    them.
> 
>Mike Hall
>Area Sales Manager
>First Step Internet 
> 
>Historical Facts:
>Genesee – High speed wireless since 2001. Cable since    2010.
>Palouse – High speed wireless since 2003. Cable since    2010.
>Oakesdale – High speed wireless since 2005
>Tekoa – High speed wireless since 2005
>Weippe – High speed wireless since 2006
>Rockford – Cable Internet since 2005 with Elk River Cable,    now FS
>Rosalia – Cable Internet since 2004 with ERC, now    FS
>Fairfield – Cable Internet since 2005 with ERC, now    FS
> 
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