Re: When will Verizon FIOS be coming to [YOUR TOWN NAME HERE]?

["Matt Shields-5" <user=70@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Jan 24, 2008 9:35 PM, Paul Baumgardner <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> I just moved to Walpole and got Verizon FIOS internet and phone.  TV 
> service is not available.  The technician that hooked me up said that 
> the TV service should be available by the end of 2008.  He said that 
> Verizon has to go to each town and petition them to provide services, 
> which he said essentially means what is Verizon going to do for the 
> town in terms of money. 
> 
> Here's an interesting article from The Boston Globe last April: 
> http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/04/18/verizon_suspends_push_for_mass_tv_franchises/?page=1

I'm not sure about other towns, but Town of Weymouth was the the one 
who rejected Verizon because of their existing contract with Comcast. 
Other towns may be different.  He did say that in this state it's not 
uncommon for the towns to have exclusivity agreements in exchange for 
money.  Unfortunately, unless you know someone in your town/city 
you'll probably never get a straight answer. 

-- 
-matt 

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