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Re: The Verge article about Verizon's Sandy Cleanup Efforts in Manhattan


From: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:30:12 -0500

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 2:35 AM, Derek Ivey <derek () derekivey com> wrote:
I saw this on Reddit and thought it was fascinating. I figured I'd share it
here too since no one else did.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/17/3655442/restoring-verizon-service-manhattan-hurricane-sandy


hey lookie! 'free uprades'!

also, one wonders what the bill is for such upgrades, and what the
implications are for state-run-disaster relief vs
national-level-disaster-relief? Also, how much of the VZ issue (phone
stuff) is going to end up being caught in VZ's financials vs
disaster-relief-funds ?

-chris


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