FOXBORO - Voters may have a chance to help break a deadlock between Verizon and town negotiators over the town's right-of-way-bylaw.

Selectmen have voted to ask the Dec. 15 town meeting whether to rescind the bylaw, which was passed in 2000 in part to garner revenue for the town from companies seeking to use the town's rights-of-way.

Lynn Foell, chairman of the town's cable television committee, voiced frustration with Verizon, saying the company claims that the bylaw is preventing it from bringing its FiOs digital fiber optics services to town, but that Verizon refuses to say what part of the 25-page bylaw it objects to.

He urged the board to send a certified letter to Verizon asking for its specific objections to the bylaw.

Foell said this information would give the town a basis for negotiations that could lead Verizon to apply for a cable license in Foxboro. Only two communities in Massachusetts - Sharon and Foxboro - have such a bylaw charging for use of the right of way, town officials said.

Easton agreed to get rid of its bylaw.

Town Manager Andrew Gala said the bylaw isn't just about gaining fees for the town, but that it also protects trees from being taken down without authorization by utilities and otherwise regulates certain utility work in the right of way.