Verizon FiOS availability

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Verizon is currently building a fiber-optic television service, and plans to make it available to several suburban areas in the near future. However, they first must receive legal permission (in the form of a franchise agreement), and must fight the pressure that local cable companies place on state and local governments to block Verizon's television service. On September 22, 2005, Verizon began taking orders for FiOS TV in Keller, Texas and in Herndon, Virginia on November 21, 2005 [1].

This is a list of areas with Verizon FiOS availability.

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[edit] California

Statewide franchise set for 2007.

Currently available citywide

Available in some parts of these cities

[edit] Connecticut

[edit] Delaware

  • Suburban areas of New Castle County, Delaware, deployment is under-way. It is already active in much of the county and many consumers have already switched from Verizon DSL due to the similarity in price for previous customers.
  • Angola area in Sussex County, Delaware. FiOS Internet is available in many communities, and FiOS TV will be rolled out by the end of 2006.

Only Southern parts of New Casle County will have FiOS TV by December 18th,2006. Other parts of the state, including Newark, Northern Wilmington, and Hockessin will have TV service by early 2007.

[edit] Florida

  • Suburban areas of Tampa. FiOS Video franchise rights approved by Temple Terrace. FIOS TV service became available in Florida on December 6, 2005, and the city of Tampa approved FIOS video as of May 12, 2006

Odessa, FL added -- April 2006

November 2005. Television expected June 2006.

  • Areas of Sarasota, and Sarasota County are currently under development.
  • Areas of Bradenton and Manatee County have been deployed with FiOS and FiOS TV. [March 2007]

The crews are currently seen near US 41 near Riverview, FL [March 2007]

  • Areas of Pasco County......Trinity

The FIOS area map for Florida is available at http://www.cellularaddict.com/fios/FloridaTampaBay2.jpg

[edit] Indiana

Both markets currently offer FiOS Internet and telephone service only; however, FiOS TV will be available in early 2007. [2]

[edit] Maine

[edit] Maryland

[edit] Massachusetts

FiOS is also currently being deployed in:

[edit] New Hampshire

[edit] New Jersey

On December 15, 2006, the Board of Public Utilities approved Verizon's application, unanimously, to allow Verizon to sell television service to all 516 municipalities in New Jersey. New Jersey governor Jon Corzine signed legislation on Friday August 4, 2006 creating a statewide franchise for Verizon to provide its IPTV services. The legislation enabled Verizon to begin offering television service in New Jersey, as of December 26, 2006. Previously any cable television franchisee was required to negotiate with each municipality for access. [3]

Comcast Cable, which has been losing subscribers to Verizon FiOS since January 2007, has advocated continual opposition for Verizon Television service in NJ. Verizon's entrance into the cable television market sparked a 2 percent tax hike for the service, increasing the tax rate to 4 percent, still lower than all neighboring states which currently tax at a 5 percent rate. [4] Verizon called tax necessary to help "Fair Play", while local cable providers urged subscribers to write their congressmen to oppose the tax. The increase would mean paying $3 instead of $1.50 on a monthly cable bill of $75.00. Supporters of Verizon's FiOS network argue the long-term savings that customers will enjoy simply by allowing a competitor into the local cable market would far outweigh the small increase in the tax rate.

Currently, Verizon's service is not availible in certain areas of New Jersey (listed below) that use underground facilities.

  • Bergen County - Allendale, Alpine, Bergenfield, Closter, Demarest, Dumont, Emerson, Franklin Lakes, Garfield, Glen Rock, Hackensack, Harrington Park, Haworth, Hillsdale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Lodi, Mahwah, Midland Park, Montvale, New Milford, Northvale, Norwood, Oakland, Old Tappan, Oradell, Paramus, Park Ridge, Ramsey, Ridgewood, River Edge, River Vale, Rockleigh, Saddle River, South Hackensack, Teaneck, Tenafly, Upper Saddle River, Waldwick, Wallington, Washington Township, Westwood, Woodcliff Lake and Wyckoff
  • Burlington County - Evesham, Medford, Medford Lakes and Wrightstown
  • Camden County - Audubon, Audubon Park, Barrington, Cherry Hill, Chesilhurst, Haddon, Haddon Heights, Haddonfield, Lawnside, Tavistock, Voorhees, Waterford and Winslow
  • Essex County - Livingston, Maplewood, Montclair, South Orange and West Orange
  • Mercer County - East Windsor, Ewing, Hamilton, Hightstown, Hopewell Township, Lawrence, Pennington, Penns Neck, City of Trenton, Washington Township and West Windsor
  • Middlesex County - Middlesex, Monroe Township, Piscataway, Plainsboro
  • Monmouth County - Asbury Park, Colts Neck, Eatontown, Englishtown, Fair Haven, Farmingdale, Freehold, Little Silver, Manalapan, Middletown, Millstone, Red Bank, Roosevelt, Rumson, Sea Bright, Spring Lake, Spring Lake Height,Shrewsbury Borough, and Tinton Falls
  • Morris County - Denville, Dover, Hanover, Harding, Long Hill, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Mine Hill, Montville, Morristown, Morris Plains, Morris Township, Parsippany-Troy Hills, Randolph, Rockaway Borough, Rockaway Township, Victory Gardens and Wharton
  • Somerset County- Basking Ridge, Bernards, Bernardsville, Bound Brook, Franklin, Manville, Somerville, South Bound Brook and Warren
  • Passaic County - Clifton and the City of Passaic
  • Union County - Clark, Cranford, Garwood, Mountainside, Westfield. Verizon FiOS introduction into Union County has come in two waves. Internet has been available since November 2006 while TV service began in January 2007.

[edit] New York

Verizon sued cable company Cablevision for refusing to negotiate to add their sports networks MSG Network and Fox Sports Net New York to their FiOS systems; an agreement was reached in November 2006, allowing FiOS to carry the networks. [1] Verizon has also signed up competing regional sports networks SportsNet New York and YES Network to their systems.

[edit] Oregon

[edit] Pennsylvania

[edit] Rhode Island

In February 2006, Verizon applied for a cable television franchise to serve one of nine service areas in Rhode Island. The regulatory process is ongoing. As of February 2007, Verizon had received the first of three required regulatory orders and was actively pursuing the remaining requirements. Source: RI PUC Docket

[edit] Texas

[edit] Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex

  • Coppell, Texas, Installation available in some areas. FiOS TV Available.
  • Denton, Texas, Installation available in most areas. FiOS TV Available.

[edit] West Texas

  • Lubbock, Texas, Installation available in select areas. FiOS TV available.

[edit] Virginia

[edit] Northern Virginia

  • Falls Church, Virginia – Installation is (mostly) complete in the city of Falls Church, with deployment in the Falls Church mailing address partially completed and moving rapidly.

[edit] Central Virginia

  • Richmond, Virginia – Several neighborhoods have been upgraded to fiber and Verizon is taking orders for FiOS. FiOS TV is now available in Richmond, Virginia.

[edit] Hampton Roads

[edit] Washington

[edit] Western Washington

  • Snohomish County, Washington – Verizon FiOS service is available in select Bothell and Mill Creek neighborhoods. Television service is not offered at this time.
  • King County, Washington- Installation is underway in some Kirkland, Redmond and East-Bellevue neighborhoods.
  • Some Kirkland and Bothell neighborhoods are ready for ordering now. Only telephone and data are being readied.

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