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join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD | woe is me! stuck in Monkey County, MD without FIOS.
At this rate, I'll be able to get BPL before the county franchises video! | |
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join:2000-12-14
Upper Marlboro, MD
1 edit | Re: woe is me! The good thing about having a TV franchise is that Verizon now will be more prone to expedite buildout since it will be able to offer customers triple play versus only FIOS internet and telephone.
To be honest,if FIOS internet became available to me now, I probably wouldn't take it since I am happy with Comcast's 6 megabit service that I have for $30 for a year.
If FIOS TV became available immediately however, I would dump Comcrap and subscribe to both FIOS internet and FIOS TV. | |
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KrazyDawg
join:2001-02-07
Vallejo, CA
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1 edit | Re: woe is me! said by jammmin  :To be honest,if FIOS internet became available to me now, I probably wouldn't take it since I am happy with Comcast's 6 megabit service that I have for $30 for a year. How did your internet rate go down to $30/mo for a year? Did you threaten to cancel and switch to DSL due to the high price and were given a lower rate to keep you as a customer? | |
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join:2005-12-15
Washington, DC
2 edits | Then why don't you move to another county? | |
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r8drfan4ever
join:2003-01-13
York, PA | 7 years to reach rural areas? I bet that they don't get to the rural areas, ever. They have a hard time getting DSL to rural areas, what makes anyone think they'll get fiber there? | |
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join:2003-01-28
MD
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| Re: 7 years to reach rural areas? said by r8drfan4ever :I bet that they don't get to the rural areas, ever. They have a hard time getting DSL to rural areas, what makes anyone think they'll get fiber there? Well.. Fiber is actually easier to get to rural areas than DSL is.. DSL has distance limits, Fiber does not, It's just comes down to if Verizon wants to spend the extra money to wire an area where they will potentially have little or no customers.
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| | r8drfan4ever
join:2003-01-13
York, PA
| Re: 7 years to reach rural areas? Now that's funny.
However, Verizon, or any other provider for that matter, have had similar opportunities to make an investment to get DSL out to farmer Bob and his relatives. They've just chose not too. I still stand by my prediction that farmer Bob, et all, will not see fiber. | |
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join:2000-09-16
West Boylston, MA | Actually lots of farms are starting to move or have moved into electronic technology. Checking the weather from a tractor. Remotely controlling tractors and other equipment. Monitoring soil conditions, etc. You'd be surprised. | |
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join:2000-11-08
Washington, DC
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| Man, that bubba is everywhere. Example for all you Mo.Co. residents. My folks have FIOS in Ashton; but I can't get in G'burg. I think is because the infrasture for CATV/DSL is already in my area, but not in new McMansion neighbors with 5 acres and a well. | |
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| moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
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| said by r8drfan4ever :I bet that they don't get to the rural areas, ever. They have a hard time getting DSL to rural areas, what makes anyone think they'll get fiber there? You forgot that this will not go to people in apartment buildings either.
My guess is that they will wire up Coumbia, parts of Ellicott City and the Centenial area first (where the money is at.)
The rest of the county will just have to wait.
I saw this on the news last night and they were more interested in banning smoking is bars than this. Verizon even had a bunch of their employees pack the meeting with FIOS buttons on. | |
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join:2003-01-28
MD
·Verizon FIOS
| Re: 7 years to reach rural areas? said by moonpuppy :said by r8drfan4ever :I bet that they don't get to the rural areas, ever. They have a hard time getting DSL to rural areas, what makes anyone think they'll get fiber there? You forgot that this will not go to people in apartment buildings either. My guess is that they will wire up Coumbia, parts of Ellicott City and the Centenial area first (where the money is at.) The rest of the county will just have to wait. I saw this on the news last night and they were more interested in banning smoking is bars than this. Verizon even had a bunch of their employees pack the meeting with FIOS buttons on. It is going to apartment building / MDU's, starting this year.
And about the news part.. For one, news is more concerned about crap that no one even cares about (or shouldn't care about), why even watch it? ...Secondly.. Baltimore news... YUCK! 
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join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: 7 years to reach rural areas? said by Vamp :It is going to apartment building / MDU's, starting this year. I wonder then what they are going to do in my old building. Everything was run to the basement and connected through there. Building was 1980's vintage and some others in the same complex were 1960's vintage. | |
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join:2005-06-05
Gwynn Oak, MD
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| most of howard county thats still rural, will be homes in near future just look @ the buildup going on now,in 7 yrs those so called rural sections will be homes on top homes new townships....whats all the fuss ...just drop wimax in those section and call it a day ...:) relax people... | |
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join:2000-03-23
Indiana, PA
| I agree; just like the time they promised all of PA would be wired with fiber by 2007. Instead tax payers get ripped off in the billions and the whole state has yet to see DSL. At least it's only county and not an entire state. GL Howard County!
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SurfPunk
join:2002-11-10
Crofton, MD
| When will it reach Anne Arundel County? I remember it took the cable company a long time to finally run cable up my street when I was younger. A friend that lived a mile away had cable 6 years before they got to my street. Maybe Anne Arundel County will drive a harder bargain with Verizon than Howard County. Wire the whole county in 5 years! (lol)
I hope it's quicker. Comcast is raising their prices for everyone again to help pay for services that I don't subscribe to. What ever happened to charge more for the newer services? Now they just make all existing customers pay for it. I can't wait for some real competition to exist. | |
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| jammmin
join:2000-12-14
Upper Marlboro, MD
| Re: When will it reach Anne Arundel County? Its weird, it seems as if in Howard County the franchise is at the county level versus in Prince Georges County, Maryland, its done at the local level because the City of Bowie in Prince Georges County has been negotiating with Verizon for sometime now. A franchise vote is expected shortly. | |
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AnnaS8
join:2005-05-26
Annapolis, MD
| FIOS is available in my area. I am about 20 minutes from town in the burbs of Edgewater. As far as I know it has only been available here since about the beginning of the year. I wouldn't call my area "urban" though. If you want mail we have to use the Edgewater zip to get mail. Used to be if we used a local zip we could get a PO Box but they got rid of the Post Office here a few years ago. So now even PO Boxes we have to go to Edgewater for. 
From what I understand though, Verizon is bringing FIOS to those with overhead lines first cuz they are easier to run lines to. Then after they start rolling in the dough they will add those underground folks. That is at least my understanding. | |
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dariena
join:2005-04-24
Germantown, MD | Come on... Come on Montgomery County.. come on Verizon I need some FIOS TV to go along with my FIOS Internet service! | |
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join:2003-05-20
Salisbury, MD
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1 edit | Re: Come on... How about "Come on verizon, get fios out to people on the other side of the bay bridge THEN bring in TV" 
Seriously though, I hope this all goes through and if it ends up in montgomery county hopefully that will spur deployment of both FIOS TV and FIOS internet to the rest of the state...including the forgotten eastern shore (Salisbury). | |
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join:2005-04-24
Germantown, MD
1 edit | Re: Come on... said by aviper9 :How about "Come on verizon, get fios out to people on the other side of the bay bridge THEN bring in TV" Seriously though, I hope this all goes through and if it ends up in montgomery county hopefully that will spur deployment of both FIOS TV and FIOS internet to the rest of the state...including the forgotten eastern shore (Salisbury). Sorry you'll have to forgive me if I'm only thinking of myself(Montgomery County)... which I am.  You think they would have gone after the TV deal in places that they've already got the internet service up and running, which is why I kinda hoped when I got the internet service that an announcement of available TV service wouldn't be too far behind... | |
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join:2001-10-01
Parsonsburg, MD
| said by aviper9 :Seriously though, I hope this all goes through and if it ends up in montgomery county hopefully that will spur deployment of both FIOS TV and FIOS internet to the rest of the state...including the forgotten eastern shore (Salisbury). . . . and don't forget the outlying small towns - Pittsville, Parsonsburg, Willards, etc.
We've NEVER even had DSL availablility.
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dariena
join:2005-04-24
Germantown, MD
| BaltimoreSun's take Ah the local Baltimore Sun article states:
"The Verizon cable television franchise approved in Howard County on Tuesday night is likely just the first of many incursions into cable company Comcast's reign in Maryland, where it is now in 16 of 24 jurisdictions. Verizon also is preparing to venture into Anne Arundel, Montgomery and Prince George's counties."
Good, good.... | |
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| nauticax
join:2001-02-27
Germantown, MD
| Re: BaltimoreSun's take said by dariena :Ah the local Baltimore Sun article states: "The Verizon cable television franchise approved in Howard County on Tuesday night is likely just the first of many incursions into cable company Comcast's reign in Maryland, where it is now in 16 of 24 jurisdictions. Verizon also is preparing to venture into Anne Arundel, Montgomery and Prince George's counties." Good, good.... Yes good good. Hurry up and bring to MoCo. I can get VZ FIOS but I have no ordered yet. What will make me order is when we can get FIOS TV or if the 30/5 price drops to $54.95 which some places can get it for. | |
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