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Port Richey grants the latest Verizon FiOS TV franchise in Florida

November 29, 2006

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PORT RICHEY, Fla. -- This city is the eleventh jurisdiction in Florida to endorse consumer choice and competition in the cable-TV market, as the result of a City Council vote Tuesday night (Nov. 28) to award a far-reaching franchise to Verizon for its FiOS TV product, to be delivered via its new, digital all-fiber network.

The franchise, which will bring competition and consumer choice to over 3,000 residents in the city, makes Florida one of Verizon's most competitive frontiers for FiOS services. As the fiber network is built, the Port Richey franchise -- combined with Verizon's franchises for Temple Terrace, Tampa, Oldsmar, Manatee County, Bradenton, Palmetto, and Sarasota, Hillsborough and Pasco counties -- will enable over 1.8 million residents in Verizon's Florida service territory to enjoy stepped-up competition and more consumer choice for video services in the region.

"The Port Richey franchise helps Verizon fill in an important gap in the western section of our service territory for FiOS TV in Pasco County," said Alan Ciamporcero, Verizon's Southeast region president. "We are hopeful the city of Zephyrhills will follow suit soon and that negotiations currently under way in New Port Richey will also result in a franchise there.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ)

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