[RP TownTalk] fiber optic service is coming

[Roland Walker]

> Does this mean everyone in town can get FIOS now? Or only 75% of us?
>
> -Fellow Nerd

Dear FN,

I have redacted your name so that others will not know you are a
hopeless nerd.  Though, to be honest, those pictures of you at the
Renaissance Fair on Flickr were a dead giveaway.  Also you might want
to remove some identifying details from the video tour of your action
figure collection on YouTube.

On to your question.  I've plugged in phone numbers from all over town
into the Verizon FIOS page, and it seems like nobody can get the
service yet.  However, they do seem to be 75% done with the cabling.
I believe they are required by the cable franchise agreement  to serve
all of the households in town.

R

On 8/13/07, LG wrote:
> Does this mean everyone in town can get FIOS now? Or only 75% of us?
>
> -Fellow Nerd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towntalk-bounces at riverdale-park.org
> [mailto:towntalk-bounces at riverdale-park.org] On Behalf Of Roland Walker
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 1:41 AM
> To: TownTalk
> Subject: [RP TownTalk] fiber optic service is coming
>
> Last year, the town granted a cable television franchise to Verizon,
> in anticipation of Verizon bringing their FIOS fiber-optic service to
> our area.  FIOS can carry internet, voice, and video.  See
>
>    http://www22.verizon.com/Content/ConsumerFiOS
>
> I drove throughout town today, checking for where the fiber optic
> lines were installed (a neighbor showed me how to identify them).
> Definitely more than half of the streets have been cabled -- probably
> up to 75%.
>
> I believe there are some other hopeless nerds in town who, like me,
> think that this is momentous news.
>
> Note to the nerds: sending this to the list allows us all to pretend
> that I don't already know *exactly* who you are.
>
> R
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