I am still waiting for FiOS service in my area. Last I heard, someone told me that it's gonna take 10 years before they get a line to my place. My point is obvious, fiber optic lines are only in a few residential areas and most of them are due new construction.
Wow, you are totally off-base. I live in a neighborhood where the homes date back almost 80-years in Northern New Jersey, and guess who is getting FIOS next week? ME.
Sure, FIOS will take time to penetrate rural or poor neighborhoods for economic reasons, but the vast majority of Verizon's customers will probably have the option within the next two years -- regardless of whether its old or new construction. Just hold tight, after all DSL wasn't available everywhere at first too -- especially in rural neighborhoods.
You fail at reading comprehension, so I will repeat: MOST (NOT ALL) new lines are in areas that were recently developed.
What I should have mentioned in my original post: Any new fiber installations are typically installed in homes that are very close (less than 2miles) to major highways and busy roads. Drive 10 minutes to from my place to my sisters home and she is able to get FiOS if she wanted to, that is because she is close to a major state highway and in a new development. I also have a cousin in another state who is a FiOS subscriber, he too lives in a WWII era home, but it sits right in front of a major and very busy highway.
As for me, I live 3-4 miles from a highway near way too many old people (retirement community) who don't even know what the internets is and would not be good potential customers for Verizon until all the baby boomers have retired.
If need more proof, then take some time as I have and examine a geographic map of FiOS subscribers.
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I am still waiting for FiOS service in my area. Last I heard, someone told me that it's gonna take 10 years before they get a line to my place. My point is obvious, fiber optic lines are only in a few residential areas and most of them are due new construction.
Wow, you are totally off-base. I live in a neighborhood where the homes date back almost 80-years in Northern New Jersey, and guess who is getting FIOS next week? ME.
Sure, FIOS will take time to penetrate rural or poor neighborhoods for economic reasons, but the vast majority of Verizon's customers will probably have the option within the next two years -- regardless of whether its old or new construction. Just hold tight, after all DSL wasn't available everywhere at first too -- especially in rural neighborhoods.
@MATT
You fail at reading comprehension, so I will repeat: MOST (NOT ALL) new lines are in areas that were recently developed.
What I should have mentioned in my original post:
Any new fiber installations are typically installed in homes that are very close (less than 2miles) to major highways and busy roads. Drive 10 minutes to from my place to my sisters home and she is able to get FiOS if she wanted to, that is because she is close to a major state highway and in a new development. I also have a cousin in another state who is a FiOS subscriber, he too lives in a WWII era home, but it sits right in front of a major and very busy highway.
As for me, I live 3-4 miles from a highway near way too many old people (retirement community) who don't even know what the internets is and would not be good potential customers for Verizon until all the baby boomers have retired.
If need more proof, then take some time as I have and examine a geographic map of FiOS subscribers.