TIL Verizon made a deal in 1994 with the PA state gov. to provide the entire state with fiber internet by 2014, it received 2.1 billion in tax breaks, but never fulfilled it's part of the contract

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131012/02124724852/decades-failed-promises-verizon-it-promises-fiber-to-get-tax-breaks-then-never-delivers.shtml



Submitted January 26, 2015 at 10:28AM by jcolts23 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2toxi4/til_verizon_made_a_deal_in_1994_with_the_pa_state/