The NY Public Service Commission decided to approve Verizon's
petition for a Certificate of Confirmation yesterday, removing the
final hurdle to
FiOS eventually becoming available in all five boroughs. Details from the PSC's release (warning: PDF link) indicate the franchise agreement is for 12 years, and grants Verizon waivers on a few usual requirements intended to give it time to build up service in the city. It could take up to six years to reach fiber to the entire city, and has also been granted 180 extra days to add public, educational and government channels. No word on exactly when New Yorkers expect that all digital, uncompressed competition for their local cable company (Verizon's PR indicates only "in the coming weeks"), but with the last hurdle out of the way it should be sooner rather than later.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Read - Verizon press release
Read - State of New York Public service Commission Approval
posted Jul 17th 2008 8:59AM
Ah yeah! Now I just need to move to an apartment that has FiOS internet available.
So is this good only for the CITY of NY or for the entire STATE of NY? The post yesterday was confusing.
FiOS approved for ->->New York City
Your answer is right in the headline
City, Long Island, Westchester and Upstate already have FiOS in many areas.
From the fact that Crime Warner is (and has been for about a year) showering Brooklyn, Queens, and SI with HD channels AND has given ONLY those areas a 10% rate discount for the past year, my guess would be those areas may get FIOS first. For that reason, Verizon would be VERY well advised to roll out first in Manhattan and the Bronx, both of which have been 100% marginalized by Crime Warner. Both those boroughs represent what should prove to be the biggest customer turnover to FIOS than the Brooklyn/SI/Queens troika.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/15/ny-public-service-commission-to-debate-fios-tv-approval-tomorrow/
said "to string FiOS TV to the entire Empire State"... hence my confusion.