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| − | '''Verizon Communications''' is the second largest telephone company in the United States, following [[AT&T]]. It was formed in 2000 with the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE Corporation. It offers traditional [[landline]] [[telephone]] service, [[DSL]], and a [[fiber to premises]] service known as FiOS, which carries phone, internet, and [[cable television]] services. The company is currently headquartered in [[New York, New York]]. Verizon received a taxpayer bailout in 2008-09.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/01/AR2010120106870.html Washington Post; Fed aid in financial crisis went beyond U.S. banks to industry, foreign firms]</ref> | + | '''Verizon Communications''' is the second largest telephone company in the United States, following [[AT&T]]. It was formed in 2000 with the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE Corporation. It offers traditional [[landline]] [[telephone]] service, [[DSL]], and a [[fiber to premises]] service known as FiOS, which carries phone, internet, and [[cable television]] services. The company is currently headquartered in [[New York, New York]]. |
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| + | *Verizon received a taxpayer bailout in 2008-09.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/01/AR2010120106870.html Washington Post; Fed aid in financial crisis went beyond U.S. banks to industry, foreign firms]</ref> | ||
| + | *Verizon was found to be injecting [[Super cookie (computers)|"super cookies"]] into webpages viewed through their network<ref>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/11/verizon-x-uidh</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 22:06, May 28, 2017
Verizon Communications is the second largest telephone company in the United States, following AT&T. It was formed in 2000 with the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE Corporation. It offers traditional landline telephone service, DSL, and a fiber to premises service known as FiOS, which carries phone, internet, and cable television services. The company is currently headquartered in New York, New York.
Criticisms
- Verizon received a taxpayer bailout in 2008-09.[1]
- Verizon was found to be injecting "super cookies" into webpages viewed through their network[2]