FiOS coming to La Plata !
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FIOS Has Stopped
As a person who does indeed live in Southern MD, I too believed that we would finally get some form of high speed internet to the areas that have been underserved or never-serverd in Charles County. Verizon is stopping role outs of FIOS in charles county. If you dont have a FIOS truck near your house now you wont in the near future. The techs are going to DC.
I have held off on droping my T1 line because the Fiber was pulled past my home. But now spending $319 a month for a T1 line is out of this world. No fios and no want to pay that kind of money I feel let down. in 2000 I was told we would get DSL in 5 years. In 2010 I was just told I should get FIOS with-in 5 years. I am tired of this game.
As a person who does indeed live in Southern MD, I too believed that we would finally get some form of high speed internet to the areas that have been underserved or never-serverd in Charles County. Verizon is stopping role outs of FIOS in charles county. If you dont have a FIOS truck near your house now you wont in the near future. The techs are going to DC.
I have held off on droping my T1 line because the Fiber was pulled past my home. But now spending $319 a month for a T1 line is out of this world. No fios and no want to pay that kind of money I feel let down. in 2000 I was told we would get DSL in 5 years. In 2010 I was just told I should get FIOS with-in 5 years. I am tired of this game.
hockeynutmd
New Member
Thank your County Commissioners for allowing that to happen. The Cable Commission is technically challenged and they bought into the nice service maps that Verizon brought to the table. Suckers!
what can we do
So what do we need to do?
Do we need a SMNCO - Southern Maryland Data Co-op - is that what needs to be built?
Fiber to everyones homes, WiFi with your SMDCO login in the town areas, no badwidth caps, resonably priced.
If so Ill spear head it, This is crazy the 21st wealthiest county in the country can not have a decent data backbone so that the people in the county can use the internet / telecommute / take online classes. I was outraged 10 years ago. Today Ive had enough.
So what do we need to do?
Do we need a SMNCO - Southern Maryland Data Co-op - is that what needs to be built?
Fiber to everyones homes, WiFi with your SMDCO login in the town areas, no badwidth caps, resonably priced.
If so Ill spear head it, This is crazy the 21st wealthiest county in the country can not have a decent data backbone so that the people in the county can use the internet / telecommute / take online classes. I was outraged 10 years ago. Today Ive had enough.
My story is quite similar to yours. The fiber stopped at the entrance to my neighborhood. After contacting the County Commisioner, they assured me that because I was smack-dab in the middle of the Verizon service rollout map provided, I would be getting this service "eventually." Well it's been nearly two years and there doesn't seem to be any progress or anything to be hopeful about. At first I was told "distance limitations." Then I was told "be patient, let the rollout continue." I really feel that my neighborhood was sold a bill of goods by the County Commissioner to keep us off their backs.
I'd be happy to help you in any way I could.
trouble with verizon
Here is the main trouble with verizon. There selling off there copper business, wireless is getting faster a lot of people are switching to wireless for phone service. I believe verizon will sell off the fiber network. The buyers wont have to worry about any contracts verizon made and verizon can focus on the wireless lte network. They wont need the man power on the ground to fix issues. Saving money on man power and making money off selling the fiber network what investor wouldnt be happy with that.
Here is the main trouble with verizon. There selling off there copper business, wireless is getting faster a lot of people are switching to wireless for phone service. I believe verizon will sell off the fiber network. The buyers wont have to worry about any contracts verizon made and verizon can focus on the wireless lte network. They wont need the man power on the ground to fix issues. Saving money on man power and making money off selling the fiber network what investor wouldnt be happy with that.
merc669
New Member
Totally agree here. Go to DSLREPORTS.com and take a look at some of the news that occurs with Verizon. They have sold off parts of their North East and now the Midwest. Clearpoint I believe bought out Verizon NE and has already filed for Bankruptcy. Frontier bought the Midwest. Verizon is concentrating on bigger things that are more profitable.
Bill....
I am in the same situation. No Internet connection for the entire negjborhood for the past 25+ years. Yet the sparsely populated La Plata rd where the commissioner lives is the first to get fios. I am furious. I am going to write to my congressman and cc all the commissioners. This is ridiculous that in the 21st century and we don't even have internet. I will also start a petition hopefully everyone can jump on.
OK. Lets get this movement going! Here are the people that you should be contacting and send your complaints to:
For Charles County commissioners:
commissioner@charlescounty.org
These guys are the ones in charge of cable/internet:
cableadvisory
cableadvisory@charlescounty.org
Richard Aldridge
AldridgR@charlescounty.org
Roy Hancock
HancockR@charlescounty.org
Search here for your congressman:
Congress.org - : Congressional Directory
Web form is available to send email.
For mailing address and phone:
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Washington, D.C. Office:
503 Hart Senate Office Building,
District of Columbia 20510-2003
Phone: (202) 224-4654
Fax: (202) 224-8858
Baltimore Office: (more district offices)
1629 Thames Street, Suite 400
Baltimore, Maryland 21231
Phone: (410) 962-4510
Fax: (410) 962-4760
Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD)
Washington, D.C. Office:
509 Hart Senate Office Building,
District of Columbia 20510-2002
Phone: (202) 224-4524
Fax: (202) 224-1651
Baltimore Office: (more district offices)
100 South Charles Street, Tower I, Suite 1710
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Phone: (410) 962-4436
Fax: (410) 962-4156
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD 5th District)
Washington, D.C. Office:
1705 Longworth House Office Building,
District of Columbia 20515-2005
Phone: (202) 225-4131
Fax: (202) 225-4300
Greenbelt Office: (more district offices)
6500 Cherrywood Lane, #310
Greenbelt, Maryland 20770
Phone: (301) 474-0119
Fax: (301) 474-4697
Governor:
Governor Martin O'Malley
Contacting Governor Martin O'Malley
By mail:
100 State Circle
Annapolis, Maryland
21401-1925
By telephone:
410.974.3901
1.800.811.8336
MD Relay 1.800.735.2258
Spend a few minutes of your time and write to these people. The more voices they hear, the better the chance that they will do something about this problem. Doing nothing is not an option.
For Charles County commissioners:
commissioner@charlescounty.org
These guys are the ones in charge of cable/internet:
cableadvisory
cableadvisory@charlescounty.org
Richard Aldridge
AldridgR@charlescounty.org
Roy Hancock
HancockR@charlescounty.org
Search here for your congressman:
Congress.org - : Congressional Directory
Web form is available to send email.
For mailing address and phone:
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Washington, D.C. Office:
503 Hart Senate Office Building,
District of Columbia 20510-2003
Phone: (202) 224-4654
Fax: (202) 224-8858
Baltimore Office: (more district offices)
1629 Thames Street, Suite 400
Baltimore, Maryland 21231
Phone: (410) 962-4510
Fax: (410) 962-4760
Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD)
Washington, D.C. Office:
509 Hart Senate Office Building,
District of Columbia 20510-2002
Phone: (202) 224-4524
Fax: (202) 224-1651
Baltimore Office: (more district offices)
100 South Charles Street, Tower I, Suite 1710
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Phone: (410) 962-4436
Fax: (410) 962-4156
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD 5th District)
Washington, D.C. Office:
1705 Longworth House Office Building,
District of Columbia 20515-2005
Phone: (202) 225-4131
Fax: (202) 225-4300
Greenbelt Office: (more district offices)
6500 Cherrywood Lane, #310
Greenbelt, Maryland 20770
Phone: (301) 474-0119
Fax: (301) 474-4697
Governor:
Governor Martin O'Malley
Contacting Governor Martin O'Malley
By mail:
100 State Circle
Annapolis, Maryland
21401-1925
By telephone:
410.974.3901
1.800.811.8336
MD Relay 1.800.735.2258
Spend a few minutes of your time and write to these people. The more voices they hear, the better the chance that they will do something about this problem. Doing nothing is not an option.
So let's say I actually had the cash to put in a T1 line (or attempt to split one with a neighbor or two), who would I call?
I've already written a letter to a few of these contacts, they absolutely blew me off. They referred me to the Verizon coverage map and said Verizon will be rolling out FIOS for the next 2-3 years and to be patient.
hockeynutmd
New Member
They've had a bit too much of that Verizon Juice! Its not happening, due to technical limitations and I don't forsee Verizon investing the money in the technology upgrades.
The inexperience and technical incompetence of the Commissioners and Cable Advisory commission are to blame for our County residents, all of them, not having broadband options (Comcast, FioS or others).
You write to the Commissioners, you get some stupid response back from their CIO, Richard Aldredge. This guy needs to retire and let some fresh, educated, technical savvy CIO take his place and move this county into the 21st century.
Don't give up. I received the same response from them. However, what you can do is present some factual data that others have posted on here, such as Verizon selling off operations to different companies or Verizon stopping their FiOS build out. Also state that you will also write to your congressmen, who will be able to put more pressure on them. If those guys on the bottom don't listen, move to the top of the chain. Thanks for the idea... I might run for that office if it's publicly elected position.
If those guys on the bottom don't listen, move to the top of the chain. Thanks for the idea... I might run for that office if it's publicly elected position.
You've got my vote!
Well Verizon finally posted June construction schedule...
Verizon | Construction Information
It appears as though many of the street names on this list are just repeats of previous months. Pretty sure this is bad news rather than good. Well at least Baltimore is getting hooked up! (Please note sarcasm.)
Verizon | Construction Information
It appears as though many of the street names on this list are just repeats of previous months. Pretty sure this is bad news rather than good. Well at least Baltimore is getting hooked up! (Please note sarcasm.)
Speakeasy.net has some good prices I think there current special is $250 a month.
Basicly there using verizon.
In addition to FiOS, I have been following the progress of 4G (Clear/WiMax). The Directv guy who came out to fix my dish said that his aunt who lives in Waldorf has Clear even though it is not officially on the map. He told me to call Clear and they said I don't have it right now (obviously) and that it will be coming later this year and into early next year. I got a chance to try Clear before and it is truly amazing (cable internet speed ~2MB/s - that's Megabytes not bits).
My neighbor told me that Comcast wants $2500 to run cable from the house next door to his. $5600 for running cable from the street to my house.
My neighbor told me that Comcast wants $2500 to run cable from the house next door to his. $5600 for running cable from the street to my house.
Those Comcast quotes are ridiculous!!!!! Hey zetasoul, what neighborhood is that in?