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<DIV>In May I saw the Verizon truck out front of my house on Sheridan St. I ran outside to see if they were installing FIOS and indeed they were! Being a bit of a nerd myself and being completely fed up with Comcast, I waited with baited breath.</DIV>
<DIV>At the end of July I walked up to another Verizon truck out front and he confirmed that he had been tasked with getting the north side of Riverdale Park operational by Aug 1st. He said that his crew was on schedule and that we should be getting notified sometime in August. He had a good laugh when I did a happy dance in the middle of the street...</DIV>
<DIV>Of course it's not available yet, but I'll wait until the end of the month to despair. :-)</DIV>
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<DIV>A nerd, but full of hope,</DIV>
<DIV>Dotsie</DIV>
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<DIV>-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: "Roland Walker" <walker@pobox.com> <BR><BR>> Last year, the town granted a cable television franchise to Verizon, <BR>> in anticipation of Verizon bringing their FIOS fiber-optic service to <BR>> our area. FIOS can carry internet, voice, and video. See <BR>> <BR>> http://www22.verizon.com/Content/ConsumerFiOS <BR>> <BR>> I drove throughout town today, checking for where the fiber optic <BR>> lines were installed (a neighbor showed me how to identify them). <BR>> Definitely more than half of the streets have been cabled -- probably <BR>> up to 75%. <BR>> <BR>> I believe there are some other hopeless nerds in town who, like me, <BR>> think that this is momentous news. <BR>> <BR>> Note to the nerds: sending this to the list allows us all to pretend <BR>> that I don't already know *exactly* who you are. <BR>> <BR>> R <BR>> __________________________________
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