CWA Took Verizon Statement Out of Context, Ex Parte Filing Says
The Communications Workers of America took a Verizon statement to the FCC in July out of context, said an ex parte filing by Verizon posted Wednesday in docket 13-5 and RM-11358. The resulting public relations campaign has created a false…
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impression of Verizon’s "efforts to provide high quality services to customers that Verizon continues to serve by copper facilities," the filing said. The company has not engaged in widespread “de facto” retirement of copper; rather it has spent more than $200 million since 2008 on its copper network, Verizon said. "CWA has seized on that comment, taken it out of context, and tried to use it to create the false impression that this was all of the money that Verizon has spent to keep copper in service." CWA did not immediately comment Wednesday.