said by alchav:I'm sure Verizon will listen if 100% of a Community or City wants FiOS, but they don't have money to deploy FiOS on a chance some people may want it. Either you want FiOS or you don't want it, the choice is yours.
You mean communities like Buffalo, Alexandria, Baltimore and Boston?
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Verizon Again Confirms FiOS Expansion is Over [104] commentsIt's purely a shareholder position. The current CEO/shareholder opinion could change, possibly if Google turns a huge profit from Google fiber. Verizon has recently started to admit that with all the money they "lost" over FiOS since it's initial deployment they are actually reaping in a profit from it now. Share holders do not like a long term return on their investments, but if they see a huge return from something like Google fiber that may sway their opinions.
Then again Verizon has been selling off bits and pieces of it's FiOS network, so they may turn the other door and sell the whole thing. That would be a tough sell without them turning over their tier 1 backbone to support the FiOS subscribers and I'm sure they want to keep that for their wireless. (That and owning a major tier 1, especially the largest, is a huge cash cow and comes with great power in itself)