Verizon's FiOS moving into Bowie, Maryland
By Matt Burns 
posted Aug 4th 2006 1:01PM
posted Aug 4th 2006 1:01PM
Yet again most of the counties high-def lovers are 'bout to get jealous when we tell them that Verizon's fiber-optic TV service has moved into another community. The town of Bowie, Maryland just brook a bottle of bubbly on the side of Verizon's FiOS service as it launched this last week. This is of course the same service that brings your TV and Internet service to your home via fiber optics instead of copper. That whole area seems to be laden with FiOS as the surrounding cities already have the service. So far Verizon is striking fear into the pocketbooks of cable company's in parts of Virginia, California, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas. We don't think we are the only ones that are hoping for this service in our neighborhood soon. Unfortunately, it takes time to work deals with local municipalities to grant them the appropriate contracts. Then they have to run all those lines and dig up everyones front yard, but what's a little grass seed compared to the amount of bandwidth you receive in return.
Awesome, I went to Bowie High. FiOS has been in Crofton MD (5 miles away) for a few months now. I was thier first customer. I still wont pay for TV, but the internet is so fast, it makes cable look like dialup sometimes.
Now I only wish Minnesota would gety rid of Qwest which in my opinion is a poor excuse for e communications company and lobby to get verizon to offer it's services here.
Once again, Montgomery County, MD is getting screwed by the comcast monopoly and the blocking of FiOS while the rest of the state moves forward. Thanks beaurocrats!
Any comments on how well the services is? How is the HDTV quality?
Um, I don't know what part of MoCo you're in, but Bethesda has it, and has had it for at least 2 years.
I'm in Montgomery Village... 'Nuff said.
Man, I wish you'd learn how to spell and punctuate. It was difficult to make it through your posting. Come on!
@Sam
He's referring to MC blocking the TV service, not FiOS in general. I've had it for two years and love it, but I would love even more to have the TV service.
@Don
Most reviews of the service have given it pretty high marks. At the least, you will see an improvement over services like Comcast who are still broadcasting their lower tier channels via an analog signal (that's why those channels look worse on HD sets).