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[Northeast] Verizon line gang hanging FIOS cable in Fresh Meadow

Re: [Northeast] Verizon line gang hanging FIOS cable in Fresh Me

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I work for Verizon and a friend told me that once the cable is up, it should be 2-4 weeks before the area is ready to go.

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reply to FIOS finally
i got fios last October and when they started hanging the orange cable it was back in june-july. However verizon had a strike in August so i'm sure that has to do with the delay.

reply to kes601
I work for them, as well.

My buddy, who does that kind of work, is the one that gave me the estimate.

Keeping my fingers crossed that he's right.

reply to htin11
That was definately part of the delay.

Managers in Verizon have no idea how to do much of anything in the field, especially a FIOS install.

Add to that the hurricane...we were working for months just trying to clean up the copper trouble load after that.

I highly doubt it's 2-4 weeks. I'm by Kissena and Booth Memorial.

Verizon ran lines behind my house but haven't returned in over 1 month. They seem to concentrating more on the other side of Booth.

I have noticed pole taps on Kissena (right near Horace Harding).

I'm over by 164th and Booth. That's the farthest end of the Main St. central office feed.

That means they are close to finished placing the cable. There's even a FIOS x/box on Booth just west of 164th.

Once the cable is completely placed in an area, that part of the job is closed out. Then the FIOS splicers can start their work. I'm guessing that will start real soon...I hope.

Not long after that, bye bye Time Warner.

They're currently finishing up the other side of Booth Memorial Ave.

There's a FiOS box right up my block with tons of looped up cable.

I to can't wait to dump Time Warner. So tired of having to reboot my cable box once a week.

I can't wait to dump the MSG-less, over-priced Time Warner.

And I can't wait to dump my snail-speed Verizon DSL service.

How often do you get the best of both worlds by changing?

Super-fast internet, MSG, lower price triple-play. Man, I can't wait.

The FIOS x/box, about a block and a half away from my house was just spliced yesterday.

Baby steps.

I spoke with an old engineer friend who spoke to a FIOS engineer in Queens.

He said that we should be up and running by the end of the month. Man, I hope he's right.

Hey MacAlert, do you live on the block where the trees got ripped down by the tornadoes last year? I don't remember seeing any poles on that block.

reply to FIOS finally
Ah man...I'm on the other side of Kissena from you guys...looks like I will have to wait longer.

reply to MacAlert
Got you.

As for the estimate, it is Verizon, so take that for what it's worth.

At least we got MSG back in the meantime, while we wait.

My sister lives north of Union Turnpike across from SJU (11366) and FiOS isn't availabe yet. I wonder when Verizon will get around to wiring this area.

Regards...JL

reply to zQ
If you're on the other side of Kissena and north of the Expressway, you should pretty much be in the same boat.

Unfortunately I haven't seen any work done on this side so far. However, last summer a Verizon contractor came around to collect signatures for authorization to work in homeowners' backyards, since that's where all our utility lines are.

That's weird. They shouldn't need any additional authorization from anyone. Especially if you already have phone lines on the poles.

That's the thing, they aren't on poles. The utility lines are attached to the houses, and hence you must be on property to reach them.