nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
 ·Comcast
| will Montgomery county MD ever get fibered?
this is pretty sad.
the verizon fttp construction page (»www22.verizon.com/about/communit···ion.html) for mongtgomery county for March shows 5 locations:
Caltrane Dr
Coltrane Dr
Ridge Rd Rte 27
Running Valley Ln
Wright Rd
The listings for howard and anne arundel counties have over 200 locations, PG county has well over 100 locations. I guess they might finish montgomery county when everything else in MD is done.
Sigh. |
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pstauff
join:2005-04-27
Gaithersburg, MD
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 ·Verizon Online DSL
| I know... we are all frustrated. Here we are in one of the most influential parts of the world and we have very little FiOS available. It's part of the politics of MoCo.
Here's a good site about it:
»www.libes.com/don/blog/ |
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JTRockville
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Rockville, MD
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| reply to nasadude
said by nasadude  :will Montgomery county MD ever get fibered? Not sure about the rest of the county, but as long as Rockville has Doug Breisch's brand of "protection", I'd say the answer is: NO! |
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cmc0
join:2001-08-03
Bowie, MD
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| reply to nasadude
Rememeber, your not rich like us 20721 folks! 
But look at it this way, at least you guys have Comcast,Starpower, and Verizon DSL
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JTRockville
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| If we had all those choices, we wouldn't be so anxious about getting FiOS.
I'm not sure about pstauff , but nasadude and I have only one "choice" - one that I had to rule out due to issues with reliability.
What makes you think we have all those choices? |
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BarneyBadAss
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join:2004-05-07
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| said by JTRockville :If we had all those choices, we wouldn't be so anxious about getting FiOS. I'm not sure about pstauff , but nasadude and I have only one "choice" - one that I had to rule out due to issues with reliability. What makes you think we have all those choices? JT, I still think you just need a string and two tin cans 
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JTRockville
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| Nooooooooooooooo BarneyBadAss ! Don't say that!
What if Verizon is lurking? They might take your seriously!
HEY VERIZON
DON'T LISTEN TO BARNEYBADASS
DON'T LET CITY OF ROCKVILLE STOP YOU
!!! RANDOLPH HILLS WANTS FIOS !!!
* chants *
glass not string
glass not string
glass not string
glass not string
glass not string |
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pstauff
join:2005-04-27
Gaithersburg, MD
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| reply to JTRockville
I am lucky that I have Verizon DSL. I did have Comcast a while back, but I jumped that ship when they raised the price. Not everyone has the option of DSL though, due to distance limitations or CO availability. I don't have the StarPower option. That is not in my area. I would like the option of FiOS and eventually FiOS TV. FiOS TV is a long way off in MoCo. |
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JTRockville
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| Yeah, you're lucky pstauff . At ~19.6k cable feet, I expect I'll leap-frog DSL.
I agree - FiOS TV in Montgomery County is a long way off. I subscribe to DirecTV, so I'm not in a rush for competitive video service. I look forward to getting the PEGs back, but other than that I'm perfectly satisfied with DirecTV.
I feel totally differently about network services though. Don't get me wrong - I love my current provider and would highly recommend them to anyone who can afford them - but I'll be all over FiOS internet (if it ever becomes available) as soon as I can get out of my contract.
Maybe the feds will help. |
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Cuchulainn
The Roar of the Masses Could be Farts
join:2000-11-09
Chevy Chase, MD | reply to nasadude
Been away from this one for a while.
Is most of lower MontGoCo FIOS'ed? Is it just the upper and western bits that are waiting?
Thanks!
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JTRockville
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| As far as I know, Verizon pretty much stuck to their 2005 deployment plans (found here):
»/speak/print/d···12534084
But they never really made much progress beyond that.
I'll be happy to update the map if anyone who's NOT in one of the COs I colored "blue" has FiOS. |
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cbrain
join:2000-05-21
Silver Spring, MD | reply to nasadude
Do you think this has anything to do with Montgomery County being difficult with the TV franchise and Rockville refusing permits? Does anyone know how each county stacks up in percentage completed? |
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bowieman
join:2001-06-25
Edgewater, MD
| reply to nasadude
Being the Former Installation Manager at CTM from 1987 thru 1991, I can tell you dealing with the county exec's and cable commision back then was total hell.
Also dealing with many of the hoa's was one of the worst experiences of my time back then..Politcs and A few arrogant high powered individuals made it impossible to do any type of construction in a timely manor. I feel sorry for the average citizen that lives in Montgomery County MD. The Politicians will jerk you people around for their own greedy power hungry reasons. |
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lmccague
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join:2005-03-24
Silver Spring, MD
| reply to Cuchulainn
said by Cuchulainn :Been away from this one for a while. Is most of lower MontGoCo FIOS'ed? Is it just the upper and western bits that are waiting? Thanks! I am in 20901 (the part that isn't FIOS'd yet). My CO is on Riggs Rd, Hyattsville..go figure...no idea as to when we will get FIOS. I don't think downtown Silver Spring is FIOS'd either, well at least the last time I checked it wasn't. And yes we feel abandoned. |
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JTRockville
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| reply to nasadude
According to this document (link found in the comments at Don's blog), there was supposed to be a meeting yesterday. Anyone know if the meeting took place, or what happened?
»gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retr···18331510
3/3/2006: County contacted Verizon to schedule meeting
3/10/2006: Verizon informed County of changes in negotiating team members. Lori Edwards replaces Ed Butts as lead. Scheduled meeting for 3/29/2006. |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
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| reply to nasadude
well, it looks like if verizon doesn't get to play by it's rules, it won't play.
FCC is useless to consumers; whatever they do about this, if anything, it won't help us.
we'll probably be fiberless until the national franchise bill passes. And then, verizon will probably drag it's feet for a while just to spite the county. Although it looks like the county has reasonable objections to some of verizon's provisions, I wish the hell they would GET OVER IT for our sake and approve the agreement. |
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mbernste
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join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ
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| reply to JTRockville
Hey, you're all welcome to move to NJ.
* The glass is steadily being rolled out to more and more towns every few months.
* Cablevision is completing their 15/2 speed upgrade (Comcast is busy redlining the FiOS towns with their "upgrade"). Plus the "fast" tier is 30/2.
* Patriot Media has some great speeds available.
* NJ is a broadband paradise (unless you move into a Service Electric area--blech). Verizon has many remote terminals scattered about.
* If you move to a Comcast town, the customer service and techs aren't hellish like they are in MD.
* NJ isn't all refineries and "Sopranos." We have some beautiful areas that don't bask in the yellow glow of a "Hess Oil" sign. |
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JTRockville
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join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
clubs: | If I were to pick up and move anywhere, it'd be UTOPIA. I'll take muni over privately owned any day! Yowza! |
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nauticax
join:2001-02-27
Germantown, MD | reply to nasadude
I can already get FIOS Internet where I am but I have not ordered it because I would like FIOS TV as well! But it hasn't look promising for MoCo to grand VZ Franchise yet.  |
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mbernste
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join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ
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| reply to JTRockville
said by JTRockville :I'll take muni over privately owned any day! Don't be so quick to say that. It all depends on how well government owned broadband is run. If it was an option for me I would certainly consider it. Government entities can be run quite efficiently--case in point, last year I had to go to the NJ DMV to get my license renewed (on a Saturday). From the point I got out of my car to the point I was leaving the DMV with a new license (photo and everything) was 16 minutes.
I think I will wait until FiOS TV comes to my town before I switch. The one exception is if I get capped for upload by OOL, then I will switch. I think the cable companies whether they be Comcast or Cablevision will be less likely to do that with comparable competition. |
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