FiOS

Twitter and TV integration: Good or bad?

jeffcutler — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:27:50 +0000

Here are a handful of additional thoughts from today’s TVNext Summit at Hill Holliday in downtown Boston. Specifically, one of the hosts, Mike Proulx asked about the mindset behind using social media tools as an adjunct to TV entertainment. This includes Facebook, Twitter and other tools.

Here’s how the panel responded...

Verizon to would-be FiOS customer: Hurry up and wait

adamg — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:52:50 +0000

Rob Sama reports he just got the following notification:

We can’t wait to bring you blazing-fast FiOS Internet and an overall experience that will blow you away! This e-mail confirms your revised installation appointment for Verizon FiOS Internet Service.

* Scheduled Installation Date – 08-31-2010

FiOS Guy won't be voting for Menino

adamg — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:05:20 +0000

Of course, even if he wanted to, he couldn't, since he obviously doesn't live in Boston.

The other day, the Globe explained why Bostonians get to see roughly 72,000 commercials a day in which FiOS Guy triumphs over Cable Oaf even though they can't sign up for it. Verizon says it'll get around to wiring up New England's largest city one of these days and that dense cities are simply harder to wire than spread-out suburbs, but Tom Menino says it's a personal vendetta against him because he wants the company to pay taxes on its wires along public ways.

Ars Technica reports Boston isn't alone: New York and Washington have been slow to get FiOS as well.

Verizon: Still giving Boston the FiOS finger

Brett — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:28:36 +0000

Eight months ago, I wrote about how Verizon was purposefully avoiding Boston. Nothing has changed since, except a growing list of backwater mid-state towns getting FiOS ahead of Boston, at the rate of several per month. Interestingly enough, the page which I linked to with the Mayoral Mumblings has been replaced; I guess Verizon didn't like all the bad PR when major internet blogs picked up on the Metro's story.

Attention Verizon, Deval, and Menino: can you boys get together and figure out what it's going to take for Boston to get FiOS, aka, more than once choice in internet provider?(I don't count Verizon's 1.5Mbit/128kbit joke of a DSL offering.) If Millbury, pop 12,800 gets FiOS, why can't Boston?

Come on. You've had three years to deploy services in Boston, and clearly "urban areas" aren't a problem, given that you wired up Brooklyn a year and a half ago. Clearly franchises aren't a problem, given that you secured the regulatory approvals to wire ALL of New York City back in July.

What's it going to take, Verizon? Why do you hate Boston, the technology hub of the east coast? You're not supposed to cherry-pick, being a common carrier and all.

Metro Moments with Mumbles

Brett — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:24:50 +0000

Yesterday's installment of Metro Moments with the Mayor has two juicy gems. First, Mumbles tackles Verizon FiOS, or more appropriately, The Internet Service You Can't Get in The Technology Center of The East Coast. Second: he wants $50-100k red light cameras. Ahh, Massachusetts, where the answer to everything is civil fines.

Verizon's broadband push

adamg — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:22:38 +0000

Borderline discusses Verizon's efforts to compete for the high-speed broadband market:

Goal: Verizon wants to increase its business in Newton and other local cities where there are lots of rich people.

Problem: The law ...

Highest Internet Speed Available Now In These Towns

kensavage — Wed, 31 May 2006 23:20:18 +0000

FiOS is currently available for the state of Massachusetts. There are several areas in the state where Verizon FiOS internet service is currently available. We have provided you with a list of every single place in the Massachusetts state where FiOS is currently available as of this date...

Don't hate him because he has a super-fast 'Net connection

adamg — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:18:00 +0000

Dan now has fiber-optic 'Net access at home - like 13-megabyte per second downloads. He details and photographs the whole installation process.