IP Democracy: Is Cablevision's Dolan a FiOS Subscriber?

Bernstein Research had an interesting photo (click on thumbnail) in its weekend Media Blast newsletter. Analyst Jeff Halpern said that a fan had sent in a photo of an active Verizon FiOS connection point above Chuck Dolan’s home mailbox in Oyster Bay, Long Island. Dolan is the Chairman of cable company Cablevision Systems, which is in an increasingly nasty competitive fight with the telco’s fiber-to-the-premises broadband and multichannel video services.

Here’s Halpern’s take:

Of course, we’ll give Mr. Dolan the benefit of the doubt and assume that his rationale for having FiOS is executive market research rather than simple admission that Verizon offers a superior service in Oyster Bay than his own company.

Thanks Danny!

Posted by Cynthia Brumfield on October 16, 2006 10:15 AM to IP Democracy