Laying the fibre is only the first step. That gets you internet (and therefore, phone service too) but TV requires approval from the city as well. I'm in Dumbo in Brooklyn and FiOS is working with my building to add the proper wiring as I speak. I except to have internet up and running in less than six months, and I hope New York approves the TV service by then.
True. I'm in the situation that you describe. I've had FiOS for a while but I still don't have FiOS TV because Pennsylvania was bought^H^H^H^H^H^H lobbied by Comcast (based in Philadelphia) to deny state-wide permission to Verizon.
No, no. Not surprised at all. It's just that most of the FiOS issues I've read and heard from others (who are in the same predicament) is that they live in apartment buildings, town houses, or places like that where the phone connection is usually a shared box on the outside of the entire structure.
But let's be honest. To most people who don't live in a big city, we usually end up thinking about things like Times Square and Broadway when someone says "New York". We don't think about the outlying boroughs. :)
Anyway, I was just trying to get verification of why there seems to be much more rapid deployment of FiOS in suburban areas rather than in urban areas, which I think would have the highest demand.
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David LaLande @ Oct 17th 2007 3:27PM
Laying the fibre is only the first step. That gets you internet (and therefore, phone service too) but TV requires approval from the city as well. I'm in Dumbo in Brooklyn and FiOS is working with my building to add the proper wiring as I speak. I except to have internet up and running in less than six months, and I hope New York approves the TV service by then.
John B @ Oct 17th 2007 3:31PM
True. I'm in the situation that you describe. I've had FiOS for a while but I still don't have FiOS TV because Pennsylvania was bought^H^H^H^H^H^H lobbied by Comcast (based in Philadelphia) to deny state-wide permission to Verizon.
John B @ Oct 17th 2007 4:20PM
No, no. Not surprised at all. It's just that most of the FiOS issues I've read and heard from others (who are in the same predicament) is that they live in apartment buildings, town houses, or places like that where the phone connection is usually a shared box on the outside of the entire structure.
But let's be honest. To most people who don't live in a big city, we usually end up thinking about things like Times Square and Broadway when someone says "New York". We don't think about the outlying boroughs. :)
Anyway, I was just trying to get verification of why there seems to be much more rapid deployment of FiOS in suburban areas rather than in urban areas, which I think would have the highest demand.