FiOS coming to La Plata !

[ktflame]

Internet Wows in the Dentsville Area

On two occasions I have seen a pickup truck with cable TV on the side and gentlemen measuring distances looming the Dentsville area down Penns Hill Rd and actually on Stonestreet Rd. Anyone have any idea what company is laying cable in the area? I'm actually getting kind of excited.

 

[bfncbs1]

On two occasions I have seen a pickup truck with cable TV on the side and gentlemen measuring distances looming the Dentsville area down Penns Hill Rd and actually on Stonestreet Rd. Anyone have any idea what company is laying cable in the area? I'm actually getting kind of excited.

We seen that also down here off Old Sycamore Rd......Truck running around with Cable mapping on the side. I just figured he was counting houses for the cable company to see if there is any reason to come to this area.

 

[Xaquin44]

Verizon should spend more money installing fiber then advertising for it. I see two commercials a night and I only watch the simpsons and jeopardy =/

 

[hockeynutmd]

We seen that also down here off Old Sycamore Rd......Truck running around with Cable mapping on the side. I just figured he was counting houses for the cable company to see if there is any reason to come to this area.

Any word on Verizon DSL being offered to homes on Oliver Shop Road? I read an article recently in the Maryland Independent advertising DSL availability on DuBois Road.

Thanks

 

[sockgirl77]

ahh EVDO is useless for gaming because of the cap =/

my mother was a manager for verizon too hehe she used to work out of the LaPlata branch a long time ago

about FIOS .... I'm in dentsville, but I have a LaPlata address .... any idea how far up Rt 6 FIOS will be going?

My parents live in Hudson Ridge and they were told that nothing was coming down their way anytime soon. They have the internet through the Dish and they hate it.

 

[bfncbs1]

Any word on Verizon DSL being offered to homes on Oliver Shop Road? I read an article recently in the Maryland Independent advertising DSL availability on DuBois Road.

Thanks

More then likely no.....really there wasn't much funding for expanding DSL in 2008. Most of the funding that was allocated for DSL is only to maintain the existing equipment and to offer new services for existing customers.

Dubois Rd wasn't lucky....its all about who lives on that street

 

[bfncbs1]

Tuesday, April 29

Charles County Technology Council Lunch and Learn will be held from noon-1:30 p.m. April 29 at the Charles County Chamber of Commerce, 101 Centennial St., Suite A., La Plata. Joseph Daniels, assistant vice president of external affairs for Verizon, will discuss Verizon’s plans to bring FiOS to Charles County. Cost is $20 for nonmembers and $15 for members. R.S.V.P. to info@TheTechCouncil.net or 877-282-5734 by April 24.

 

[clevalley]

Any word on Verizon DSL being offered to homes on Oliver Shop Road? I read an article recently in the Maryland Independent advertising DSL availability on DuBois Road.

Thanks

Don't hold your breathe - we are too far away from the Hughesville switch to receive it - also, the phone lines are so old around here when people use to have problems with phone line noise, Bell Atlantic would come in and place "chokes" on the lines to quiet them down. They were not documented exactly where they were placed These chokes KILL the signal of DSL.

 

[clevalley]

Tuesday, April 29

Charles County Technology Council Lunch and Learn will be held from noon-1:30 p.m. April 29 at the Charles County Chamber of Commerce, 101 Centennial St., Suite A., La Plata. Joseph Daniels, assistant vice president of external affairs for Verizon, will discuss Verizon’s plans to bring FiOS to Charles County. Cost is $20 for nonmembers and $15 for members. R.S.V.P. to info@TheTechCouncil.net or 877-282-5734 by April 24.

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.

 

[bfncbs1]

Don't hold your breathe - we are too far away from the Hughesville switch to receive it - also, the phone lines are so old around here when people use to have problems with phone line noise, Bell Atlantic would come in and place "chokes" on the lines to quiet them down. They were not documented exactly where they were placed These chokes KILL the signal of DSL.

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.

 

[bfncbs1]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

very recently apparently lol

 

[bfncbs1]

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]

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.