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FiOS TV expansions: May 30, 2009
After taking a week off from making any expansions of note, Verizon's back to its old self, delivering FiOS TV to residents of North Texas covering more than 27,000 households in Allen, Bartonville, Colleyville, Double Oak, Flower Mound, Frisco, Grapevine, Keller, Plano and Watauga. In a look ahead, its business unit just finished testing out some 100G (gigabytes per second testing) in the UK, promising higher speeds for its optical networks in the future which we're sure will someday trickle down to the lowly consumer level. Also, the company checked in with the FCC to argue against cable TV providers from blocking its access to regional sports networks. Finally, we've just got to give a shout out to former EHD lead, current jkOnTheRun Managing Editor and good friend Kevin Tofel for getting FiOS in his neck of the woods and apparently not waiting a moment to sign up. That should about cover it, let us know if you saw any other happenings in the last seven days in the comments. Read - Verizon Asks FCC to Prevent Cable Companies From Blocking Access to Regional Sports Programming Read - Verizon Business Completes 100G Trial With U.K. Research and Education Network Read - FiOS Broadband and TV Services Now Available to More Residential Consumers in North Texas Read - FiOS IS AVAILABLE!!!!
Time Warner Cable adding 18 HD channels in North Texas
After being forced to wait months upon months to get the HD channels it was rightfully owed (okay, so we made that last bit up), the folks in North Texas are finally being treated properly this time around. According to a Time Warner Cable bulletin posted in the Dallas News, the entire North Texas metroplex -- included Arlington, Carrollton, Dallas, Irving, Garland, Plano, Richardson and Graham (just to name a few) -- is being gifted at once. There are 18 newcomers headed to town, and if all goes to plan, they'll be live just hours after you read this. Hit the read link (or just have a look above) to see what all is on deck. [Disclosure: Engadget is part of the Time Warner family][Thanks, Joe]
North Texas finally getting TWC newcomers, even more HD soon
Remember those 11 high-def channels that Time Warner Cable owes North Texas? According to a report in the Dallas News, they'll be delivered by November 20th. In related news, the article also casually mentions that a full 17 to 19 even fresher HD channels will be unveiled "across the region" before the year's end. It's difficult to decipher whether that's to mean "the North Texas region" or "all of TWC's Texas markets," but if history is any indicator, we'd say the Dallas / San Antonio areas should be very well taken care of.[Thanks, Joe]
AT&T gets official with Total Home DVR in Dallas / Fort Worth
No surprises here, but AT&T has done its duty by pumping out a press release to match up with information discovered late last week. As of now, the recently released Total Home DVR software is available to U-verse subscribers in the Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas area, and if you're curious as to what that adds, you can catch up right here. Hey AT&T, why not just present us with a nice, neat time table so the rest of your users aren't just in the dark? Thanks in advance.[Thanks, Anthony]
Time Warner Cable brings 11 HD channels to North Texas
Earlier this year, Time Warner Cable decided to add 11 new high-def channels in Dallas, Texas, but many of the surrounding North Texas towns were inexplicably left out. A half year later, TWC is finally making things right by bringing the newcomers to Allen, Frisco, Stonebridge, The Colony, McKinney, Princeton, Wylie, Sachse, Parker, Murphy, St. Paul and Fairview. For those who have forgotten, we're talking CNN HD (740), TBS HD (744), History HD (745), Food Network HD (752), HGTV HD (753), A&E HD (754), Discovery HD (756), Animal Planet HD (757), National Geographic HD (771), Versus / Golf HD (786) and Fox Sports SW HD (787). Apparently, the carrier is also working to expand these even further, with Carrollton, Arlington and Addison (among other locales) to get 'em "in the immediate future." [Disclosure: Engadget is part of the Time Warner family]
