Just as
CES was hitting full swing here in Vegas, Verizon cranked up a party of its own in order to commemorate one year of
FiOS TV in the Garden State. A dozen months back, the service initially launched in around 100 New Jersey communities, and as of today, FiOS TV touches some 270 communities in 15 counties. Thankfully, however, VZW actually invited quite a few individuals to join in the festivities -- namely residents in 11 Gloucester County communities, which can now order up FiOS TV in their neck of the woods. Also of note, customers in the area who sign up for the fiber-based television service by February 3rd (and have everything installed by March 1st) can look forward to receiving a free 19-inch Magnavox LCD HDTV. Not exactly a KURO or anything, but hey, gratis is gratis.
Read - Verizon celebrates one year of FiOS TV in New Jersey
Read - Verizon expands FiOS TV in New Jersey
posted Jan 10th 2008 at 6:16PM
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
John S @ Jan 10th 2008 7:31PM
Unfortunately, they have not yet come to my neck of the NJ woods. Which is surprising, since our town is surrounded by people with FiOS, and we are a pretty desirable demographic. I sooooo want to dump Cablevision...
Aman Patel @ Jan 10th 2008 11:31PM
Really, why do you want to dump Cablevision. I'm not really a fan of Cablevision, mostly because of the lack of the NFL network. However, my 30 Mbps down makes me smile. A couple of my neighbors have FIOS, but Verizon doesn't end up being any cheaper for me when I price out the same services.
If Verizon wants to bring in educated customers, at least in my market, they need to seriously drop prices. I'm not switching to that telco anytime soon.
I'll probably switch to DirecTV for television next football season, but only because I really want NFL Sunday Ticket. However, I'll keep Cablevision for my Internet service, becaue they have been rock solid for me. Internet access is definitely more important for me then TV. In addition, if I wasn't a football fan, I would definitely keep Cablevison for everyting.
-Aman
Ashraf @ Jan 10th 2008 8:50PM
No Verizon in Brooklyn yet..
Sean @ Jan 10th 2008 10:48PM
No FiOS in Los Angeles yet. Cant wait to dump Comcast!!! At least you guys on the east coast have more then 6MBps for $60 a month! Its a rip off here in Cali, well, everything in Cali is a rip off :) Go east Coast!
gpcreative @ Jan 11th 2008 2:48AM
I live in Jersey, had it for nearly a year, and sadly, they still don't have HD movies in On Demand.
Matt W. @ Jan 11th 2008 11:21PM
I have to agree with GP, the lack of HD On Demand is the only thing I miss about Comcast. However, the value of FiOS vs. Comcast is overall in Verizon's favor. I pay the same price to VZ for a triple play bundle with two DVRs, more channels and faster Internet than what I paid Comcast.
Anyway, its older folks who still think in terms of Ma Bell who view FiOS with skepticism. Honestly, I find the cable company to be far worse than VZ.