MEDIAWEEK - Verizon, SBC Clash in Converging Marketplace:
"Last October, Verizon announced plans to bring TV-like video service to communities in New York state, using new high-speed fiber lines to provide fresh competition to incumbent cable operators.
Cable interests responded by asking regulators to block Verizon from even laying the new line until the company submits to local franchising requirements. Verizon cried foul. 'This is an attempt by the cable industry to delay technology,' Verizon spokeswoman Christy Reap says."
