[RP TownTalk] fiber optic service is coming

[Lou King]

Dear Hopeless Nerd,

I sure hope verizon will provide better service here than my daughter 
received in VA. (Yes, nerdeness tech savvy is hereditary) To shorten the 
long saga, installation did not go well (4 days off work), she gave up 
on the internet connection after 3 months and now is shopping for cable. 
Tech support is dismal/nonexistent. On the other hand the phone does 
work.  Of course, being a workaholic she's never at home to answer it. 
Most of her friends gave up during installation.

I understand the internet was like the girl with the curl in the middle 
of her forehead - "When she was good she was vary vary good, But when 
she was bad she was horrid! My daughter got tired of paying for what she 
wasn't getting and verizon agreed they couldn't provide reliable 
service. Really sad.

On the other hand I get DSL from my ISP. I let them deal with verizon 
(who of course owns all the wires). The difference is that their verizon 
bill is MUCH bigger than mine; When they speak someone listens. They can 
also test the connection towards me and tell verizon where the signal stops.

There is no reason to call people names Roland. They will turn the 
monitor button on if you can't be nice!

another HN

Roland Walker wrote:
> 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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