US Telco Support > Verizon > Verizon Fiber Optics > FIOS scheduled for Bronx NY yet?

reply to Network Guy

Re: FIOS scheduled for Bronx NY yet?

reply to Network Guy
Only Fios stuff i see is when im on central ave in westchester
--
I AM NOT THE CHICK IN MY AVATAR!!!! - GO YANKEES!!!!

reply to Network Guy
I've been seeing heavy duty Verizon trucks in NW Bronx the last couple of weeks but am always on a bus and can't ask what they're doing. Hopefully it's laying fiber(?)!

On the other hand, just got off the phone with Vz FIOS and according to the guy the Bronx isn't even on the radar yet
--
"tick...tick...tick..."
»www.jtf.org/

Where in NW Bronx? I haven't seen any activity at all, I'm at Castle Hill by the Cross Bronx Exp. Then again, I'm only home after six.

Kingsbridge area in the mornings. Next time I see them I'll get off the bus and ask if they're laying fiber.
--
"tick...tick...tick..." »www.jtf.org/

Cool shit.

reply to Network Guy

Bronx update

LOL

Oh well. Not that I'm holding my breath for FIOS. I do live in a private house, but there's apartment buildings practically everywhere else you look. It's nothing like the topology found in areas like Morrisania or University Heights where apartment buildings is basically all there is, but there are many of those in Castle Hill.

Thanks for the update

reply to AJ023

Re: FIOS scheduled for Bronx NY yet?

reply to Network Guy
FYI. Here is the sked for The Bronx for 2006.
Cruger
City Island.

Please realize that things change.
--
"Leave the gun, take the cannolis"

Cruger as in White Plains Road & Pelham Parkway?

At least that's some progress.

Okie dokie.

Appreciate the update

Was driving up Gun Hill Road and passed Boston Rd. when i saw the little advertising truck that said Verizon Fios is here. I did a double take and almost crashed. Is the potential deployment going a little faster than expected or did the truck lose its way from westchester? I hope not!

reply to Network Guy
I'm a technician for Verizon. I can tell you that as of today not a single strand of fiber related to Fios has been run in the Bronx. I spoke with an engineer yesterday and the word is they will do the Kruger C.O which is the north east bronx first and its tentively scheduled for late 2006 or early 2007. At this point the plan is only to wire private homes not , no MDU as of yet. Be patient as i've heard that fios kicks ass.

reply to Network Guy
very gay, i want fios lol

reply to Network Guy
For those who don't know:

MDU = Multiple Dwelling Units (i.e. apartment houses)
FIOS = FIber Optic Service

The MDU holdup is that FIOS needs its own power supply to work in each individual apartment and Verizon hasn't yet figured out who is going to pay for same. The landlord? The tenant? Verizon? Plus they need to hammer out billing arrangements with Con Ed.

FWIW the Vz guy I quizzed about all this last week said the Bronx is scheduled to begin "February 2006." City Island, with all its private houses, is first up.
--
"tick...tick...tick..." »www.jtf.org/

Like I posted before:What is it gonna take for Verizon to deploy fios to MDU's? New York City is chock full of not only residential dwellings but LOTS of office buildings that would love for fios to take hold of quickly in this market place but it seems that Verizon is not sure how to go about doing that.Playing it by ear it seems to me is not a good strategy in this sector of economy.People and more importantly companies will look to other means get their broadband on and not wait for Verizon get it's act together on this front.Your thoughts folks.

reply to Network Guy
City-Island will get it first, next year. Then, who knows?

reply to Network Guy
I am a Verizon Field Technician woking in the Bronx, fiber will be coming in early 2006. Fiber in City Island has been postponed because they are putting in a new sewer system and the company will wait until that is finihed. The plan for 2006 is the Cruger area this will cover East of White Plains Road and North of Gun Hill. This area was chosen because there are many attached houses, so it will keep the cost per footage(of fiber cable)low which is a big concern of the company. Peolpe in Country club, Throgs Neck and Castle Hill will have to wait cost per footage there was considered to high. Technicians will start laying cable in Cruger for the first three months. Then splicing ( putting cables together) will start in area. The anticipation is that all work will be complete in late 2006. In Long Island Technicians ran fiber optic dropwires to every home, in the Bronx this will not be the case. Only if you order the Fios will a doprwire be run. This will help keep cost down for the company. As of now there is no solution to getting the Fios into apartment buildings. Right now the way the laws are written a company must offer service in a entire area in this caes the Bronx in order to get approval to sell video. I know company is lobbying to get the laws changed, but they can expect a fight from Cablevision. Hope this helps anybody with questions.