FiOS coming to La Plata !

[AndyMarquisLIVE (Premo)]

Originally Posted by clevalley

Interesting - are they using the trunk coming out of Dahlgren under the river??? I know there is a trunk coming from Waldorf to LaPlata and out towards Port Tobacco but they do not own it - it might get turned over to them though.

Why LaPlata first? Waldorf is much denser and the return will be higher...

I can only think of why because of the new construction planned for the farms down by Springhill-Newtown Road and 301??? (Near Johnny Boy's +500 some homes BTW)... is it so they can lay the infrastructure in before the homes?

I don't know - I will be shocked to see it in LaPlata before Waldorf...

Tell them to get off their azzes and support Byantown/Hughesville a little better!

I thought La Plata approved it before Charles County.

I live in Waldorf, but because of where, I was told we'll probably never see it. The cutoff for DSL is just a few houses away.

[bfncbs1]

Originally Posted by clevalley

Interesting - are they using the trunk coming out of Dahlgren under the river??? I know there is a trunk coming from Waldorf to LaPlata and out towards Port Tobacco but they do not own it - it might get turned over to them though.

Why LaPlata first? Waldorf is much denser and the return will be higher...

I can only think of why because of the new construction planned for the farms down by Springhill-Newtown Road and 301??? (Near Johnny Boy's +500 some homes BTW)... is it so they can lay the infrastructure in before the homes?

I don't know - I will be shocked to see it in LaPlata before Waldorf...

Tell them to get off their azzes and support Byantown/Hughesville a little better!

Waldorf would be the obvious choice to be first and I thought the same thing and was shocked when I seen the scheduled dates for service and La Plata was first.

Bottom line is this.....Waldorf and La Plata are the most populated areas in the county, They are the 2 areas that continue to grow leaps and bounds each year and Verizon recognizes this. Whether its La Plata or Waldorf first at this point doesn't really matter anymore based on the schedules. La Plata and Waldorf will basically launch at the same time now. Launch date now is based upon the franchise agreement with the County, which based on the cable advisory board commnets today is very, very close to being finalized. Its about the language at this this pont and Verizon cocurs with this statement.

La Plata was targeted first due to the proposed Heritage Green subdivision. This decsion was made last year by VZ since it was a Greenfield location. FiOS would expand to remaining areas later. Now VZ has changed there strategy and will do both Greenfield and Overlay in the town. They will work from the CO in La Plata which is ready and build out.
If there is a new subdivision starting now it will be all fiber. No copper.

The most interesting thing today was the annoucement of Indian Head and Tompkinsville getting FiOS. I was shocked that those areas would see FiOS, more so Tompkinsville but I guess with the huge project in Swann Point that it was enticing enough to bring FiOS also to there.

[bfncbs1]

Originally Posted by AndyMarquisLIVE

I thought La Plata approved it before Charles County.

VZ is working at the county level first.....The town will follow suit with whatever the county does.

[clevalley (Premo)]

Originally Posted by bfncbs1

Waldorf would be the obvious choice to be first and I thought the same thing and was shocked when I seen the scheduled dates for service and La Plata was first.

Bottom line is this.....Waldorf and La Plata are the most populated areas in the county, They are the 2 areas that continue to grow leaps and bounds each year and Verizon recognizes this. Whether its La Plata or Waldorf first at this point doesn't really matter anymore based on the schedules. La Plata and Waldorf will basically launch at the same time now. Launch date now is based upon the franchise agreement with the County, which based on the cable advisory board commnets today is very, very close to being finalized. Its about the language at this this pont and Verizon cocurs with this statement.

La Plata was targeted first due to the proposed Heritage Green subdivision. This decsion was made last year by VZ since it was a Greenfield location. FiOS would expand to remaining areas later. Now VZ has changed there strategy and will do both Greenfield and Overlay in the town. They will work from the CO in La Plata which is ready and build out.
If there is a new subdivision starting now it will be all fiber. No copper.

The most interesting thing today was the annoucement of Indian Head and Tompkinsville getting FiOS. I was shocked that those areas would see FiOS, more so Tompkinsville but I guess with the huge project in Swann Point that it was enticing enough to bring FiOS also to there.

Awesome information! Thanks.

Funny about Tompkinsville though!

[bfncbs1]

Originally Posted by clevalley

Awesome information! Thanks.

Funny about Tompkinsville though!

No problem.......Out of curiosity clevalley what is the cable that is being run off rt.231 towards TC Martin.......I drove by pretty quick the other day and saw new cable being strung off the poles right at the intersection of 231 and oliver shop. Going to fast to recognize!

[clevalley (Premo)]

Originally Posted by bfncbs1

No problem.......Out of curiosity clevalley what is the cable that is being run off rt.231 towards TC Martin.......I drove by pretty quick the other day and saw new cable being strung off the poles right at the intersection of 231 and oliver shop. Going to fast to recognize!

I have been trying to figure that out myself... I have no clue as I have not seen the contractors pulling.

TC Martin already has cable via Rt. 5, but I am not sure of what this string is unless they are replacing or adding another for bandwidth... I will let you know who the contractor is when I see them.

[bfncbs1]

Originally Posted by clevalley

I have been trying to figure that out myself... I have no clue as I have not seen the contractors pulling.

TC Martin already has cable via Rt. 5, but I am not sure of what this string is unless they are replacing or adding another for bandwidth... I will let you know who the contractor is when I see them.

Just saw it today .......Nothing good. Just PIKE electrical. looks like there just beefing up the power for SMECO.

Oh well........

[hockeynutmd]

Originally Posted by bfncbs1

Just saw it today .......Nothing good. Just PIKE electrical. looks like there just beefing up the power for SMECO.

Oh well........

It is not a power cable upgrade. The cable they are running laying right on top of the current Comast cable. I wanted to stop and ask the crew today what they were up too, but had a slew of cars in back of me.

[bfncbs1]

Originally Posted by hockeynutmd

It is not a power cable upgrade. The cable they are running laying right on top of the current Comast cable. I wanted to stop and ask the crew today what they were up too, but had a slew of cars in back of me.

Has to be power...It was coming from 231 and there's no cable there. Cable comes from Rt.5 and dead ends just past TC Martin. I have never seen PIKE electric install cable TV so I would have to belive its SMECO.

[clevalley (Premo)]

Originally Posted by bfncbs1

Has to be power...It was coming from 231 and there's no cable there. Cable comes from Rt.5 and dead ends just past TC Martin. I have never seen PIKE electric install cable TV so I would have to belive its SMECO.

It is Pike stretching the cable, but it is on the lower portion of the pole. It does go down 231, but they are tightening from Rt.5 towards 231.

It also looks like the cable is banded to the existing lower cable (which I thought was Comcast) and that makes no sense if it is power - plus there is no insulators.

I wonder if Pike is dipping into Comcast now? I will try to stop on the way home and ask...