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 Fixing Telecom

In December, 2015, we released the first two reports in a new series, “Fixing Telecom” a project that started 7 years ago. They  are based on mostly public, but un-examined information, the findings impacts all wireline and wireless phone, broadband, Internet and even cable TV/video services in America.

• NNI Expert Independent Team: NNI is now a consortium of independent experts, auditors and lawyers.
  

REPORTS:

• • Report 1: Executive Summary: Verizon’s Manipulated Financial Accounting  & the FCC’s Big “Freeze”

  • Report 2: Full Data Report
    

  • Report 3: SPECIAL REPORT  How Municipalities and the States can Fund Fiber Optic Wireline and Wireless Broadband Networks.
    

  • REPORT 4:  Data Report   Proving Verizon’s Wireline Networks Diverted Capex for Wireless Deployments Instead of Wiring Municipalities, and Charged Local Phone Customers for It.

  • Report 5: The Hartman Memorandum

  • Report 6: The History & Rules of Setting Phone Rates in America —The FCC’s ‘Big Freeze’ & Cross Subsidies

FILINGS:

• Letter to the FCC for an Investigation of Cross Subsidies as detailed in the Hartman Memorandum

On December 16th, 2015, we filed the first  reports in 31 separate FCC proceedings.

• FCC Filings: Cover Letter, December 16th, 2015

• FCC List of Proceedings

Joint Filings with CFA

• Joint Filings with Consumer Federation of America in the Special Access, (Business Data Services) proceeding

PREVIOUS REPORTS: Examining the Financial Shell Game

• Verizon’s State-Based Financial Issues & Tax Losses:The Destruction of America’s Telecommunications Utilities

• In 2010, NNI  started an investigation of the financial books of  five Verizon’s state-based utility phone companies,  including Verizon New York and Verizon New Jersey  and  the ties to Verizon Communications affiliate companies, (subsidiaries) including Verizon Wireless, Verizon Online, Verizon Services, among others.Published in 2012

• Verizon Wireless and the Other Verizon Affiliate Companies Are Harming Verizon New York’s (The State-based Utility) Customers & the State.

  Examining Verizon New York’s Phone Rate Increases, Income Tax Benefits, Lack of Network Upgrades, Service Quality and Pushing Voice Link Wireless Deployment

   

• In 2013, our next report focused on Verizon New York and was the centerpiece of a filing by Common Cause, Consumer Union, CWA, and the Fire Island Association, which called for an investigation of Verizon’s financials and business practices, Alexander Goldman, Esq. co-authored the report.
• The Connect New York Coalition, filed a Petition with the New York State Public Service Commission to do a formal investigation of Verizon New York. July 1, 2014. The Petition is based, in part,  on NNI’s continuing research.
• Coalition members include AARP, Consumer Union, Common Cause, CWA, and NY state politicians.

 

• “It’s All Interconnected”,

• In May 2014,  Public Utility Law Project, (PULP) published  “It’s all Interconnected”, written by New Networks (with assistance by David Bergmann, Esq.) and it relied on unexamined data from Verizon New York using different Verizon supplied financials books.
• The Verge: Game of Phones: How Verizon is playing the FCC and its customers, May 2014