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Monday July 18, 2005 7:50 am
Verizon Fios To Hit New York City
When Verizon first started deploying their Fios internet service a year ago, many lamented that it was only being done in remote locations of the country. It now looks like Fios is ready to hit the big time, as Verizon will be bringing it to New York City. The NYC deployment will begin in Bayside, Queens. Verizon has stated that they do not have the technology to serve the multi-dwelling homes yet. Something tells me that this is more of a business decision than a technical one. Some of those Manhattan apartments are really old. Getting fiber to each unit would be a nightmare.
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They are laying the footprint around here in the Philadelphia area. I can’t wait. I’ll take 30.0/5.0 for $199/mo, that’s a steal at todays rates. Of course I’ll be splitting the connection up amongst my neighbors to offset the cost.
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Man, I wish they would hurry. We need them to be everywhere so even if we don’t use it (though I can’t see why not) it would be huge competion to other ISP’s to up their offerings (such as Comcast).
But also sucks they aren’t planning one doing “multi-dwelling homes” as of yet…
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