New Info On Verizon's FiOS Efforts

Recently I received a question about the latest with Verizon’sd FiOS fiber optic system. After inking a deal with Our Fair City to be able to sell the service to residents, many are waiting with bated breath for those cool orange cables carrying massive amounts of data.>

I know I am one of those people! A tree blocks my view of the southern sky so DirecTV doesn’t work, and Comcast just gives me fits. Fits, tell you.

So I asked the City and here is the response I got from Doug Breisch, telecommunications manager:

Verizon has begun to install the fiber-optic cable for its Fiber To The Premises (FTTP) project. This is a construction project that involves installing fiber primarily along streets and other rights-of-way. Much of the work has been above ground installation, attaching to poles where Verizon has copper wire attached. Verizon also has started doing some underground work. Verizon posts its construction schedules on its Web site at www.verizon.com/md. This part of the project is essentially the “backbone” of the network from which FiOS connections will be made to individual residences at the request of the customer.

Verizon will be using its marketing tools to inform the community when FiOS service will be available for ordering to individual neighborhoods and areas. Verizon has the lead responsibility for informing the community about its construction project and when and where FiOS will be made available. There are several ways residents can contact Verizon to ask about these schedules.

Construction complaints, inquiries:
Call the toll-free telephone number on contractors’ trucks and on signs placed in neighborhoods; if you need further help, call Verizon Customer Care Center 1-888-550-2244, Mon. – Fri. 7a.m. to 7 p.m., Sat. 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.; or e-mail md-fios-dpcc@verizon.com.

Construction schedule, service availability:
Web site: www.verizon.com/md
Customer Care Center: 1-888-550-2244, Mon. – Fri. 7a.m. to 7 p.m., Sat. 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m
E-mail: md-fios-dpcc@verizon.com

This information, along with information about the Verizon project and the City’s relationship with the project can be found on the City’s Web site at: www.rockvillemd.gov/cabletv-telecom.

The City recently requested certain information from Verizon about tis project, including whether any FiOS marketing and installation (from the backbone to individual residences) has begun. Again, this was a recent request, and we have not yet received a response from Verizon.

I went ahead and linked through to the January construction schedule. Looks like Verizon is planning work on these streets in January:

Brice Rd
Copperstone Ct
Curtis Pl
East Jefferson St
Fleet St
Grand Oak Way
Hardy Pl
Julian Pl
Preserve Pkwy
Regal Oak Dr
Ritchie Pkwy
Tower Oaks Blvd
Treasure Oak Ct
Welsh Ln
West Edmonston Dr
Wild Oak Ter
Wootton Pkwy

(That is all the info I have; I do not have block number or anything like that.)

Progress!

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