Verizon says FiOS now available to 1.2 million in SoCal
March 5th, 2010, 4:18 pm · 18 Comments · posted by Tamara Chuang, a.k.a. The Gadgetress
If it feels like Verizon has been taking its sweet old time to offer its fast and comprehensive FiOS TV service in Orange County, here’s a bit of an update. The company offered a progress report for Southern California.
Approximately $682 million of Verizon’s $1.2 billion investment in California last year went to wired services like FiOS TV and Internet. That helped add another 166,000 households and expanded FiOS’ reach to 1.15 million premises in 85 cities in Southern California.
Broken down further, FiOS is available to 1 million single-family homes, 90,000 apartments and condos, and 46,000 businesses in SoCal.
FiOS has been hotly anticipated by many ever since it launched in Orange County in May 2007. It offered residents an alternative to the local cable service and promised faster Internet speeds — up to 50 mbps — and more TV channels. FiOS currently offers the most HD channels in Orange County, at nearly 140.
I’m waiting to hear back from Verizon about whether the FiOS service has expanded to any new Orange County cities, but last I heard a few months ago, Verizon continues to focus on existing neighborhoods instead of new territories. There’s a greater chance you can order FiOS in Orange County if you live in cities: Brea, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, La Habra, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, Stanton and Westminster. But keep in mind, not even everyone in those cities can order the service.
The wired investment budget also went toward its non-FiOS Internet service, or DSL Internet that Verizon calls High Speed Internet because of its speeds up to 7.1 mbps. Huntington Beach was one of 15 cities — and the only one in Orange County — that received the extra Internet attention.
The company also mentions a whole bunch of discounts it’s offering mostly to new customers, including a free wireless router for new FiOS triple-play customers, a $20 monthly discount for ordering online and committing to 24 months, and $150 cash cards for new customers who order High Speed Internet along with another Verizon service. Read the press release HERE.
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Be prepared for a two year contract. We have had Verizon Fios here in Seattle for the last couple of years and their customer service is any better than the cable companies.
One good thing about Fios coming to your neighborhood is Comcast didn’t want to lose us and were willing to negotiate their rates. I bet other cable companies will be the same way.
Why go with Fios? U-verse is the same if not better and requires NO CONTRACT! I have had U-verse for over a year and compared to Time Warner and any other cable operator, U-verse hands down wins.
WRONG
Fios consists of fiber optic cable run directly to your house. Uverse is fiber optic to a hub that services a block, and copper wiring is then run from that hub to each individual house. Uverse is barely better than cable, yet still costs the same as Fios. Complete rip-off, ATT is trash.
It would be nice to have this in Ladera Ranch, I have the service at my place in Riverside and enjoy it very much.
Hmmm – switch Cox TV & Internet to FIOS since I already have VZ cell phones or switch my phones to the new Cox wireless? Might not have a choice if FIOS never comes to Irvine
I’m happy as long as I don’t have any type of service from ATT!
I would love to have the FIOS option in Irvine. Sucks Cox… i mean cox sucks
i live in fullerton . . . it’s time/warner-ville here . . . aka, itsucks-ville . . . thank goodness for direct tv . . . but for internet, i have to use roadrunner by default . . .
I agree I don’t know why these companies always just serve north county cities, how does cox keep it’s stronghold on us?
i have everything verizon has but, fios. verizon is not completing fios lines they already have in. i live on a street that has had lines in for four years and, only the residents on the other side of the street can get it.yet they tell me that its not available in this area. i have wrote four letters to corporate office about this and, they never reply. verizon is long on promise’s but, short on doing. if anyone knows how to get a reply from them i would like to know. when it comes to fios all you get is a run around.
That is strange Tony. It seems like you should be a prime target for FiOS right now since they are just trying to target neighborhoods that they’re already in. If you tell me more information, I’ll try to see what Verizon has to say about cases such as your. Just email me.
we’re moving from Placentia to Brea and unfortunately losing our AT&T U-Verse as it’s not available in Brea. Verizon is an option, but their FIOS isn’t available in the area of Brea in which we are moving. UGH–I feel like I am taking 4 steps backwards in terms of service (not to mention customer service!!!!). Currently, our only options are Verizon (with DSL) or Time Warner Cable–we left Time Warner FOR AT&T U-Verse. So sad.
Im all about DirecTV. It’s the nicest layout for the guide option and all the channels are universal….265-AE, 501-HBO…7 is ABC….totally easy.
I had DirecTV for 13 years and they started dropping channels including VS. We switched to FIOS and so far we are happy. Love the HD and download speed of 25mbs, very cool. Be prepared when if you drop Directv, they will call you daily for month.
It would be nice to have FIOS in thousand oaks where the press release originated touting that millions of California consumers are reaping the benefits of Verizon’s $1.167 billion investment.
I live in a Huntington Beach gated community and we were told by Verizon that unless our HOA was prepared to grant them an exclusive 10-year franchise, they would not install FIOS within our community.
In other words, they didn’t want any competition from cable, and at the end of their 1 or 2-year introductory offer, guess what would have happened to prices?
At this point, given Verizon’s greed and anti-competitive behavior, I doubt if I’d sign up for their service even if it was available. I’d far rather have U-Verse, but thanks to additional anti-competitive behavior by VZ, that’s also not an option, as they exclude ATT from areas not previously serviced by GT&E (VZ’s previous name). Bottom line, I am not and will not be a VZ customer for any of their services, and encourage others to boycott their monopolistic practices.
Time Warner has the ViaVerde Apts in an exclusive contract. Moving from my old house with FIOS, I feel like I took a giant step backwards in technology.
Just curious, are people starting to exercise their right to refuse long term contracts for telecom services or am I the only one? LOL. I ditched paid TV service, cell phones, satellite, etc. long ago. When I can get my Interwebs for free then that one is going too.
My monthly telecom bill is $50. Covers phone, TV, Internet. No contracts, no hassles.
Does anyone really NEED a monthly $100 cell phone bill + $150 TV bill + $65 Internet server?
ooops, “service” not “server”