By Ellis Smith – Verizon employees have begun to sell Comcast products and services, and will offer a gift card worth up to $300 for new sign-ups to either Comcast or Verizon.
According to Verizon’s labor union, the cable deal could cost 72,000 jobs if Verizon halts deployment of its FiOS network. That includes 18,754 jobs directly related to infrastructure build-outs, with the rest affected indirectly.
When combined, Comcast and Verizon Wireless offer consumers access to almost any type of content, in almost any location across the nation. more> http://tinyurl.com/bv59p97
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