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.
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 pstauff
join:2005-04-27
Gaithersburg, MD
·Comcast
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| Re: will Montgomery county MD ever get fibered? 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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Badasses Fight For Freedom
Premium
join:2004-05-07
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| Re: will Montgomery county MD ever get fibered? 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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| | pstauff
join:2005-04-27
Gaithersburg, MD
·Comcast
·Verizon Online DSL
| 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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Cuchulainn
The Roar of the Masses Could be Farts
join:2000-11-09
Chevy Chase, MD | 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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| lmccague
Premium
join:2005-03-24
Silver Spring, MD
| 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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cbrain
join:2000-05-21
Silver Spring, MD | 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
| 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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mbernste
Boosted
Premium,MVM
join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ
·Comcast
·Optimum Online
| Re: will Montgomery county MD ever get fibered? 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
Data Ho
Premium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
clubs: | Re: will Montgomery county MD ever get fibered? 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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mbernste
Boosted
Premium,MVM
join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ
·Comcast
·Optimum Online
| Re: will Montgomery county MD ever get fibered? 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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PoloDude
Premium,VIP
join:2006-03-29
East Northport, NY
·Verizon FIOS
| Goverment run Broadband??
No thank you. are you kidding. when is the last time a government agency was run efficiently? We on long Island took over the private Elec co. _LILCO_ rates have gone up ever since then by way of fuel surcharges.
Again name 1 (one)! government agency that run efficiently and, because is this case there are company's running at a profit doing the same thing, an agency that runs at a profit | |
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join:2005-04-02
Kensington, MD
·Comcast
·EarthLink
| Re: will Montgomery county MD ever get fibered? PoloDude,
Pretty sure the SEC and the FCC both operate on a net gain.
I know for sure the Federal Reserve operates at a profit, and even charges fees for services based on the idea that they are trying to make a profit (and they do) so as to interfere the minimum with private markets.
I can't get into details but most of the Fed's money isn't technically "theirs." | |
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join:2001-06-28
Boyds, MD
| Re: will Montgomery county MD ever get fibered? said by joncrane :PoloDude, Pretty sure the SEC and the FCC both operate on a net gain. Uh, what does that prove? Let's see, we pass a law that anybody that wants to trade securities has to be registered with the SEC and that the SEC can charge fees on any security transaction. Not too hard to make a "profit" under those circumstances. | |
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join:2005-10-17
Rockville, MD
2 edits | Re: will Montgomery county MD ever get fibered? said by PoloDude :right the SEC and the FCC are both regulatory agencies neither of which can the private sector get involved with. The Federal reserve is the same thing but it is technically a corporation.(hard not to make a profit when you print the money  ... PoloDude,
The above makes no sense to me at all. In any event, the Government groups exist generally to provide a service hopefully in an efficient or cost-effective manner. Private industry generally provides goods or services generally for a profit, or at least for enough income to cover expenses.
With your perspective the IRS would seem to be a money-making operation. Actually it provides services such as collection of taxes and enforcement of tax laws and regulations. I guess we should keep the IRS and do away with DOD.  | |
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PoloDude
Premium,VIP
join:2006-03-29
East Northport, NY
·Verizon FIOS
| Re: will Montgomery county MD ever get fibered? how bout we get rid of the IRS as it is a huge waste of money with regulations that they cant even interpret correctly (IRS hot line last year was wrong about 30% last year according to one report i read)go to a flat tax or sales tax and yes also trim down the DOD
Remember the whole point was that as a rule government agencies do not have to worry about a bottom line. when is the last time your taxes went down? | |
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join:2005-10-17
Rockville, MD
| Re: will Montgomery county MD ever get fibered? said by PoloDude :how bout we get rid of the IRS as it is a huge waste of money with regulations that they cant even interpret correctly You just keep changing the subject looking to get a rise out of people with rediculous assertions. I'm not playin'.
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
·Comcast
| 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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nauticax
join:2001-02-27
Germantown, MD | 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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JTRockville
Data Ho
Premium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
clubs: | Re: will Montgomery county MD ever get fibered? That document says there was supposed to be a meeting on March 29th. Anyone know what happened at that meeting? Was it even actually held, or was it just scheduled? | |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
·Verizon Online DSL
| said by nasadude :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. My plan is working. 
This is for trying to erase Glen Burnie off the deployment maps.
I'm not on the list either. | |
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joncrane
join:2005-04-02
Kensington, MD | Ok I got one for ya:
FDIC
membership is voluntary so you can't say they're a monopoly like the SEC or the FCC. | |
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@comcast.net
| i gave up and got comcast. the tech showed up late and we had to reschedule before that, and the service wasnt even available by the time he left. i had to call tech support a couple days later on Monday to get the prob fixed. But as soon as the thing was up and running, its fine. Sure, upload sucks and the pings could definitely be better, but its a hell of a lot better than dial-up, which is our only other option for internet access. | |
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Premium,ExMod 2001
join:2003-01-19 | Can anyone attend the MC advisory meeting tomorrow (Wednesday) evening and take notes? I cannot make it. More info including the date/time/location are in my blog's most recent entry. | |
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@air.org | I live in Germantown, MD. I just sign up Verizon Fios today. The installation date will be April 26. Can't wait to cancel Comcast internet. They suck. | |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
·Comcast
| yes, I was also depressed by the June FIOS construction schedule.
It would appear that verizon has pretty much ceased construction in Monkey county because of the franchise issue. I guess they are waiting until a national franchise bill gets passed or the county completely caves on the franchise requirements.
what an f'ing mess - reminds me of how long it took to get cable TV in the county. | |
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JTRockville
Data Ho
Premium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
clubs: | Re: will Montgomery county MD ever get fibered? Have you written to anyone about it nasadude ?
This might go on for years if they think no one is watching. | |
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Hopeless in MC
@67.133.x.x
| Is the possibility of Verizon FIOS getting a Cable TV Franchise in Montgomery County anytime soon DEAD? I have herd nothing new for about a month or so and am guessing that Verizon has given up. Any new info to the contrary out there? I really want to tell Comcast to go screw themselves and there overpriced cable TV, but am thinking I will never get this opportunity. Any new info is much appreciated!!! | |
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BarneyBadAss
Badasses Fight For Freedom
Premium
join:2004-05-07
00001
·Verizon FIOS
| Well,
The nice folks at Vz. just left.. and I've got FIOS at my MDU.
The nice person that did this said I was the 1st one in an MDU they knew of that has been Fibered up...
So in a little bit.. it'll be.. bu by ComCast... Yippie!!! no more nonsense for me!!
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