It is possible that FIOS fiber may remain dark until they execute the franchise agreement they need to with whatever part of you state/city government hold those keys.
Here's another good illustration of the issue of being a cable customer... in my city, one "neighborhood (borough)" appears to be possibly the first one where Verizon might start selling FIOS (once they get that franchise agreement). The local cable monopoly (TW) bent over backwards to give them more HD. As it is today, that area of the city has 4 HD channels the rest of us do not. There is NO indication they will lift a finger to provide those who pay the same as that neighborhood to get more HD, mostly likely because customers purchasing FIOS are farther way from being able to do that.
AND if TW's fiber rollout is any indication, it might be 2 years from the time FIOS starts running fiber under the street from when they start at the southern end until they get to me, located on the northern end. Yet it seems I'm going to be paying the same amount of what amounts to less service. Nice, eh? THAT is why I suspect customers like me may very well switch to FIOS even if the services are actually competitive.
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riverside_guy @ Jun 20th 2007 12:19PM
It is possible that FIOS fiber may remain dark until they execute the franchise agreement they need to with whatever part of you state/city government hold those keys.
Here's another good illustration of the issue of being a cable customer... in my city, one "neighborhood (borough)" appears to be possibly the first one where Verizon might start selling FIOS (once they get that franchise agreement). The local cable monopoly (TW) bent over backwards to give them more HD. As it is today, that area of the city has 4 HD channels the rest of us do not. There is NO indication they will lift a finger to provide those who pay the same as that neighborhood to get more HD, mostly likely because customers purchasing FIOS are farther way from being able to do that.
AND if TW's fiber rollout is any indication, it might be 2 years from the time FIOS starts running fiber under the street from when they start at the southern end until they get to me, located on the northern end. Yet it seems I'm going to be paying the same amount of what amounts to less service. Nice, eh? THAT is why I suspect customers like me may very well switch to FIOS even if the services are actually competitive.