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*Master Topic* FiosTV Going 100% Digital/All Markets

Yay, it's sticky now

Cool.

Might be worth noting which markets were all-digital to begin with (Portland, OR. and Philadelphia?) and comb through the existing two or three threads to see who has already been converted. This would give the stickiness some oomph from the start

reply to KA3SGM
If you want to start a sticky thread, you should start it with basic information in the first post. You may want to restart this thread, but with info such as the reported start of analog shutdown schedule (which has been accurate so far). Maybe a paragraph explaining that the analog shutdown ONLY affects people with analog TVs or VCRs hooked directly up to the Fios cable using a analog NTSC tuner to get channels 2 to 49. The shutdown has no impact on the SD or HD STBs or DVRs provided by Verizon.

Reported Verizon analog shutdown schedule as of mid-February, 2008
IN(VHO10) 4/1
VA(VHO9) 4/7 (central VA / Richmond)
VA(VHO9a) 4/14 (Hampton Roads)
NY(VHO5) 4/21
MA(VHO6) 5/12
RI(VHO6a) 5/12
DE(VHO8) 6/2
PA(VHO8) 6/2 (Philadelphia area)
NJ(VHO8) 6/2 (southern NJ)
NJ(VHO7) 6/23 (northern NJ)
MD(VHO4) 7/21
VA(VHO4) 7/21 (Northern VA)
FL(VHO2) 8/18
CA(VHO3) 9/1
TX(VHO1) 9/22

Markets that started as digital only:
OR
Western PA which is Pittsburgh

{edited to fix the list]

Are we supposed to read that? The columns aren't even lined up. What's those 1999 dates?

If someone can send me actual dates I'll fill in.

reply to bobc2112
bobc2112 Can you add the following for OR?

? | OR | NO | N/A | 12/2007 | 12/31/99

According to a unnamed source, Pittsburgh is VHO 11, Oregon (Portland area only?) is VHO 12.

Wonder who will be VHO 13? I don't recall any rumors about new cities or markets opening up soon.

reply to afiggatt

Everyone but Maryland & Virginia have IMG 5.76 now

reply to KA3SGM
What impact will this change have to TiVo and Vista Digital Cable tuner users (both via CableCard) ???

reply to darcilicious

said by darcilicious:

We're really an oddball -- most folks in Portland proper don't have Verizon but outlying areas (the 'burbs) do.

I believe that FiOS TV is available west of Portland in Beaverton, Hillsboro, Cornelius, and Forest Grove. To the south slightly, it's also available in Newberg and McMinnville.
And yet, we're the "Portland, OR" market

reply to HaloBox

reply to afiggatt

said by afiggatt:

said by darcilicious:

We're really an oddball -- most folks in Portland proper don't have Verizon but outlying areas (the 'burbs) do.

I believe that FiOS TV is available west of Portland in Beaverton, Hillsboro, Cornelius, and Forest Grove. To the south slightly, it's also available in Newberg and McMinnville.
And yet, we're the "Portland, OR" market

The Portland market would include all the communities that are part of the Portland DMA and TV station broadcast area. Which is generally going to be communities out to 40-50 miles outside of the city proper.

Nothing surprising about Fios being added to the suburbs first. That is the pattern in just about all the markets where Verizon is rolling out Fios. The first areas to get built out are mostly medium density suburbs of townhouses and single family homes. There are lot of issues that come into play when installing Fios into a apartment/condo complex or high-rise building.

reply to KA3SGM
Got the letter for Mercer County/central Jersey this week.

BTW, does Mercer County/CNJ get it's own VHO? We have our own lineup.