While it's pretty clear Verizon is picking neighborhoods that give it the best possible ROI for Fios deployment, they have had some (apparently now resolved) initial install issues when it came to MDUs or apartment buildings, keeping them from rushing into urban areas. This Delco Times report explores how the cable industry is attacking Verizon's lack of urban deployment in Pennsylvania as redlining.

From the article: "Keep It Local PA, a coalition of locally elected officials and community organizations, opposes the company with a banner on its Web site that reads 'Don’t let Verizon step on your town.'" The article fails to mention that while the group does have some municipal membership, the primary funding for Keep It Local PA comes from the cable industry, who's eager to avoid TV competitors.

That's not to say there aren't serious concerns with who'll get Fios and who won't, but the degree of redlining will only be made apparent in time. "Certainly there’s the concern that consumers who need the most relief from skyrocketing cable prices will be the least likely to receive the new competitive video service," opines Jeannine Kenney of the Consumer's Union.