It may have taken half a century, but at the end of May 2022, the Fire Department of the City of New York held a solemn NY TelCo Fire Plaque Dedication Ceremony. Nearly 50 years ago, on February 17, 1975, the largest toxic indoor fire raged at a critical switching station at Second Avenue and… Read More »

Recently, Association of BellTel Retirees Chairman Thomas Steed, Retired FDNY firefighter Dan Noonan, 9/11 legal advocate Michael Barasch, along Dr. James Dahlgren, MD. Environmental Scientist and Assistant Clinical Professor at UCLA School of Medicine, held a very successful webinar with over 1,000 participants. Hundreds joined the webinar live, with more watching on YouTube. The webinar… Read More »

The July 2010 spin-off by Verizon of its local exchange landline businesses in 14 rural states and communities into Frontier Communications has once again become a hot topic. Back then, the asset transfer included 4.8 million access lines in a deal valued at $8.6 billion. The spin off established Frontier as the nation’s fifth largest… Read More »