FiOS Internet service at a standstill in OC
July 18th, 2008, 7:19 am · 2 Comments · posted by Tamara Chuang, a.k.a. The Gadgetress
Verizon, which launched its FiOS Internet service a few years ago in Huntington Beach, has hit the wall for its super-speedy Internet service, at least for the near future, according to Jon Davies, a Verizon spokesman.
“The engineering team tells me that we are mostly built out in the parts of Orange County where we plan to deliver fiber at this point (the southern parts of the county we serve, such as Laguna, aren’t on the drawing board yet),” Davies said in an e-mail.
“Our main focus at the moment is working with owners of apartment buildings, condos and home-owner associations to reach agreements that give us access to their properties.”
However, he added, Verizon is still negotiating with Fountain Valley and hopes to expand its service to the rest of that city.
FiOS service is available in certain parts of these OC cities: Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Westminster, Garden Grove, Stanton and certain unincorporated areas.
For those lucky enough to be in a FiOS neighborhood, Verizon recently offered a free upgrade to existing Internet customers after launching 50-megabit-per-second service last month. Every tier of service got a speed boost, while prices remained about the same. Prices range from $43 (10 Mbps) to $140 (50 Mbps). But to get the free upgrade, you need to request it. (Has anyone gotten the upgrade? I’d love to hear your story on how fast 50 Mbps is.)
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this is about the only product i am excited about, and it appears that i will never have it. you live in one of the largest, richest, most populous and tech-savvy areas on the planet earth, and it still isn’t enough. if they don’t build it here, then where?
[...] Internet-based TV service from the telephone companies is being rolled out across the country, but, it seems, oh so slowly. AT&T and Verizon both launched TV service in Orange County last year but many parts of the county can’t get the service. AT&T’s U-Verse has been spreading much faster than Verizon’s FiOS (see “ FiOS at a standstill in OC“). [...]