said by DSLReports (uid://141383) :Today, Verizon released a surprise announcement that the company will be spending $300 million over six years to upgrade Boston's copper infrastructure to fiber, and FiOS...
The deployment will begin in the Dorchester, West Roxbury and the Dudley Square neighborhood of Roxbury in 2016, followed by Hyde Park, Mattapan, and other areas of Roxbury and Jamaica Plain...
Verizon appears to be following a Google Fiber "fiberhood" model in which users can show their enthusiasm for a chance to have their neighborhood upgraded first.
https://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Hell-Freezes-Over-Verizon-FiOS-is-Finally-Coming-to-Boston-136709
They literally did a complete 180, as a few months ago they claimed they were had no plans at all to come to Boston (or anywhere else). There's hope that FiOS won't sell us off yet! :)
Maybe (hopefully) they'll come to Baltimore City too, but in order for that to happen, the local government would need to actually want FiOS, which they have not been good at doing.
What do you think this says about the future of FiOS? Or just general thoughts on this announcement? I suppose this could also be used as a rollout-tracking thread when deployment begins.
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-Branch
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