http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/25/verizons-fios-tv-expansions-october-25-2008/ Engadget Comments for Verizon's FiOS TV expansions: October 25, 2008 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/25/verizons-fios-tv-expansions-october-25-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/25/verizons-fios-tv-expansions-october-25-2008/Oct 25th 2008 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/25/verizons-fios-tv-expansions-october-25-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/25/verizons-fios-tv-expansions-october-25-2008/
In my community in New Caste, DE Verizon sent in a contractor in June who did an excellent job installing conduit and connector boxes. Since then an army of Verizon trucks has parked on nearby streets stringing cable and making connections. At that point my wife and I purchased a 50" HDTV expecting to see some HD content in the near future.

Silly us. Despite all the work on the lines and the daily appearance of work crews, none of this has resulted in fiber optic coming into the community. Meanwhile Verison runs almost daily ads in our local paper seeking subscriptions but when I call the posted 800 number they tell me that the service is not available and they can't say when it will be.

And so I watch as tv ads tell me of the various premiums available for immediate subscriptions and then watch as those premiums expire while Verizon refuses to take me subscription.

My neighbors seem to share my feelings but many have taken a different approach to a solution. Satellite dishes are blooming on the roofs of my neighbors like dandelions. It may well be that by the time Verizon brings their service into my community they will find most of the households are already locked into a contract with a satellite provider.

Congratulations to all those communities that are now able to subscribe. Enjoy your new service. It is most frustrating to have been mowing around the FIOS connector box in my front yard for the past 6 months while viewing big SD feeds on our tv.

It would be most helpful if Verizon would publish a time line in their ads so communities would have an idea when the service would be available. This might also keep a potential customer from locking into another service which they wait for Verizon to make a move.]]>Oct 25th 2008 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/25/verizons-fios-tv-expansions-october-25-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/25/verizons-fios-tv-expansions-october-25-2008/I know how it is man. FiOS is in the states (NY, MA, RI) surrounding mine and at&t is king in my state; Verizon doesn't have any phone lines here except in half of one town, so I will most likely never see it.]]>Oct 25th 2008 2:21PM