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Tens of thousands of Verizon wireless customers remain without service nearly seven hours after a massive outage struck the cell network shortly before noon Wednesday.

The large volume of outages and the utilities' failure to communicate with customers in real time proves they did not live up to their legal obligations,” the governor said.

More than three dozen striking workers, clad in red sweatshirts and carrying signs that demanded “Build up FIOS – not executive pay” began gathering outside...

Lack of cutting-edge internet technology will prevent Suffolk from competing in the global economy, County Executive Steve Bellone told a crowd Saturday at Riverhead Town Hall, where CWA Local 1108 organized a rally to demand that the state PSC order the company to built out its fiber optic network across the county.

Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter will host a town hall meeting Nov. 8 on the future availability of Verizon's fiber optic network in Riverhead and across eastern Suffolk. The company says it has no plans to extend the network eastward — ever.