FiOS coming to La Plata !

[bfncbs1]

Originally Posted by clevalley

Funny - Verizon will only go to places where it is saturated with enough people to recoup the cost of laying the fiber. Bowie was one of the first places and with homes sitting on top of one another it payed off well.

LaPlata is not saturated enough for them (IMO); I will bet they will say in 5-10 years which is a good way of saying "sorry for your luck" When we moved to Bryantown 30 YEARS ago, cable was coming in 5 - 10 years... it never happened, and to this day they say it is not cost effective.

Now - St. Charles they could definitely get a return as the homes are on 1/4 acre or smaller lots. You can bet your ass it will run in there before it hits LaPlata...

the fiber trunks already run through Waldorf AND a MASSIVE fiber trunk runs down 301 through White Plains into LaPlata and out Rt. 6 through Port Tobacco, through Welcome to an "undisclosed" location... been there for years but will not be touched by Verizon for some time.

This much I can tell you....La Plata will see FiOS this year and they will be offering there Triple Play package (data, voice and video). FiOS will go live in La Plata by June 30th. Trust me on this one. 22,000 homes in La Plata will be able to subscribe to FiOS.


Waldorf will go live in October for FiOS with 36,000 homes being able to subscribe.

The bad news for alot of people (especially rural areas around La Plata) they will probably never see FiOS. The best they can hope for is DSL expansion which is basically a prayer.

[clevalley (Premo)]

Originally Posted by bfncbs1

Distance is a issue but just like Dubois Rd if you install a remote terminal also known as a Adtran then you can extend DSL to where ever you want. Its done all the time.

Funding for DSL is the issue.

That was the term I was thinking of (Adtran) - but unfortunately it is not "cost effective" for Verizon to do so down here, at least in my Bryantown area - near TC Martin.

[bfncbs1]

I agree with you there.....I tried but it was going to cost nearly $80K to the company just to serve my street for DSL.....the take rate just wouldn't justify it.

[Xaquin44]

what are odds on FIOS in Potomac Heights in Indian Head?

There are like 500 houses in 2 miles there .... and I'd assume Fiber runs to the base already.

[sockgirl77 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Xaquin44

what are odds on FIOS in Potomac Heights in Indian Head?

There are like 500 houses in 2 miles there .... and I'd assume Fiber runs to the base already.

Verizon has a link on their webpage to sign up for a notification of when it was going to be available. I looked up my old addy in the Heights and it just told me that it is not available yet but that DSL was.

[bfncbs1]

Originally Posted by sockgirl77

Verizon has a link on their webpage to sign up for a notification of when it was going to be available. I looked up my old addy in the Heights and it just told me that it is not available yet but that DSL was.

I only know what's oing on for this year......We won't know about 2009 until around September.

My guess is in 2009 they will expand to other cities/towns in Southern Maryland, more then likely Prince Frederick and LP.

La Plata just recently got pushed out to October 30, 2008 for FiOS and Waldorf to December 1, 2008.

[chess]

I love the dsl i have through verizon...


yet when fios comes to lex park... I will be ready to get it and make the change away from metrocrap....

I am targeting about a 4th qtr 2009 date is about accurate right now

[Xaquin44]

Originally Posted by bfncbs1

La Plata just recently got pushed out to October 30, 2008 for FiOS and Waldorf to December 1, 2008.

very recently apparently lol

[bfncbs1]

Originally Posted by Xaquin44

very recently apparently lol

Found out Monday


I did hear Comcast was going to be in Dentsville by Summer......Not sure if that is true. Penns Hill, Hudson ridge, Trinity Church, Etc.....Not sure if its 100% true but we did have cable mapping truck all over this area. I also have a friend who is a installer that said there was a Dentsville construction project out by Comcast but didn't know the streets included in that.

who knows...time will tell

[hockeynutmd]

Originally Posted by bfncbs1

Found out Monday


I did hear Comcast was going to be in Dentsville by Summer......Not sure if that is true. Penns Hill, Hudson ridge, Trinity Church, Etc.....Not sure if its 100% true but we did have cable mapping truck all over this area. I also have a friend who is a installer that said there was a Dentsville construction project out by Comcast but didn't know the streets included in that.

who knows...time will tell

They have been running some sort of cable from the TC Martin area of Oliver Shop Road. I'm hoping they will come all the way down Oliver Shop and into the Amberleigh Farms area.