From Nextgov: Verizon strike isn't likely to disrupt federal communications

But a prolonged walkout of more than 45,000 workers could affect the deployment of new services , consultants say.

Government customers of Verizon, a huge player in the federal marketplace, should not experience outages or data losses while the firm's wired communications employees strike for what observers say could be months, the company and telecommunications experts said Monday.

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