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Article: New Poll Shows New Jersey Residents Strongly Reject Verizon's Cable Tax.
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- December 1, 2005
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Nine out of ten also say Verizon should be required to serve all residents and should not be allowed to cherry-pick wealthier towns for service
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TRENTON, N.J., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- In a recent poll conducted by Penn, Schoen, & Berland for the New Jersey Cable Telecommunications Association, New Jersey residents overwhelmingly rejected Verizon's effort to raise taxes on cable consumers through the franchise fee increase included in their push for a statewide cable franchise.
Specifically, the poll found that 68 percent of New Jersey residents are not interested in cable ...