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Verizon to offer $20 broadband in California to obtain merger approval | State review of Verizon/Frontier deal targets low-income plans, fiber expansion.
State review of Verizon/Frontier deal targets low-income plans, fiber expansion.
"My team required those options to be California Lifeline eligible, which effectively makes it free for low-income Californians throughout the state," wrote Ernesto Falcon, a program manager at the Public Advocates Office. "If the merger is approved, Verizon will deliver 75,000 new fiber-to-the-home connections in California beyond Frontier's entire buildout plan with a priority for low-income households," he wrote. That includes rules on supplier diversity and a state law requiring annual reports on hiring of women, minorities, disabled veterans, and LGBTQ+ individuals.
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