It looks like the Rockville city council still wants paid to allow FIOS in the city. The latest edition of the Rockville Reports had an article about the city government office getting a fiber connection. Still nothing for the peeps though.
"Hopefully, if Verizon were to work with us in good faith, we could bring these matters to a close very soon.
There have been numerous instances across the country of damage done by phone companies (in some instance, Verizon) when laying their new fiber. We also think it would be appropriate for Verizon to pay fees to the city government commensurate with the city government's additional cost of inspecting their work to make sure everything is done properly.
An additional concern that we continue to have, which you need to be aware of, is that Verizon refuses to agree to have all Rockville homes wired within even five years. Even if the city government were to bring these matters to a close with Verizon tomorrow, you could potentially end up waiting another five years or more for Verizon to bring their FIOS service to your street.
We have asked Verizon to agree to have all Rockville homes wired within two to three years, but they have thus far refused to agree to this. We also wanted to make sure that they do not purposefully first wire more affluent neighborhoods, and leave the least affluent for last. Verizon has thus far refused to address this potential concern as well.
Larry
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Larry Giammo
Mayor
City of Rockville
111 Maryland Avenue
Rockville, MD 20850-2364
240-314-8290 (office)
240-314-8289 (fax)
lgiammo@rockvillemd.gov (email)
www.rockvillemd.gov (website)"