Why is Verizon censoring us? Continued

Or, imagine this...

You are a tax-paying citizen of one of those quaint New England towns that still conducts semi-annual town meetings.

You're passionate about the proposed tax override -- the hot issue of the day. But just before you take your seat in the high-school auditorium an agent from a mega-corporation says, "OK, you can listen, but you've got to pay us if you want to speak."

Is this what our founding fathers had in mind? Verizon seems to think so.

Stay tuned...

Why is Verizon censoring us?

What would you say if a mega-corporation closed off the street in front of your house, put up a gate, and said, "Now, pay us a monthly fee or we won't allow your family or friends to visit your home!"

Outrageous, eh?

But this is exactly what happens, in a virtual sense, when you sign up for Verizon's FIOS service.

How so?

Stay tuned.