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We all have our fingers crossed if you live in the Bryantown, Charlotte Hall, Dentsville area.......It just sucks when the only choice you have is Satellite or EVDO.
FiOS coming to La Plata !
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We all have our fingers crossed if you live in the Bryantown, Charlotte Hall, Dentsville area.......It just sucks when the only choice you have is Satellite or EVDO.
hockeynutmd
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I recently dropped HughesNet and switched to Cingular EVDO and a Cradlepoint Wireless Router. Very stable and supports all of our family quite well. But, since I work from home, I'm in real need of additional bandwidth and looking forward to Comcast or Verizon expanding in our area.
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Is anyone else attending this tomorrow in La Plata?
Start Date: April 29 2008 --> End Date: April 29 2008
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Location Charles County Chamber of Commerce, La Plata, MD
Event Description Lunch and Learn from noon-1:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 29, 2008. .
Joseph Daniels, Assistant Vice President External Affairs of Verizon, will be discussing Verizon’s plans to bring FiOS to Charles County.
Charles County Technology Council
Start Date: April 29 2008 --> End Date: April 29 2008
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Location Charles County Chamber of Commerce, La Plata, MD
Event Description Lunch and Learn from noon-1:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 29, 2008. .
Joseph Daniels, Assistant Vice President External Affairs of Verizon, will be discussing Verizon’s plans to bring FiOS to Charles County.
Charles County Technology Council
clevalley
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Fat Chance for Bryantown;
Comcast Cable currently runs to TC Martin - it was part of the broadband agreement for Charles County Schools. I am not sure of what they are stretching now, but it is where cable currently runs.
Last year ('07) there was no construction funds to go past TC Martin... I was told by the construction manager that it is still not cost effective to come down past TC Martin. The only thing that might make them go PAST TC Martin is the new development they are putting in off of Olivers Shop Road Past the school (you can actually see the development from 231...) - I was told that the run is still about 1 - 2 years away.
I have lived in Bryantown for 31 years, back when we moved in they said 10 years!
21 years later it still is not south of TC Martin... Be glad you can get satellite and EVDO - for years it was only 4, 5, 7 and 9 - maybe 20... and when internet came around the FASTEST was 28.8 dialup forever unless you went satellite. Anything of use was until EVDO RevA (anything really worth doing) broke out last year.
I cannot tell you the amount of letters and e-mail I have sent to Verizon, Comcast and SMECO (Broadband over Power Lines - BPL to become a case study) to no avail... it is about the almighty $, not providing a service to the community. I even picked apart the Broadband Agreement and Cable Agreement for Charles County and all they are is a BIGGER pipe dream that leads to nowhere.
Bottom line - don't hold your breath!
clevalley
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Joseph Daniels WILL NOT pin a date on any place except St. Charles... I will guarantee it... reason is density and population is not high enough for a return of investment in LaPlata. I would bet all he is trying to do is get into the commissioners pants to get written in to the Cable/Broadband Agreement - to be a guaranteed provider like Comcast is now.
There will be projected dates, but of course can change do to this and that... It will be nothing but a dog and pony show...
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Trust me...La Plata will see FiOS this year. No later then October. The equipment is in the CO now and is scheduled to e in service by June 30th. Outside plant is working now on installing fiber.
Waldorf will come after La Plata. And there is plenty of density in La Plata to support FiOS. If you saw some of the locations we have placed FiOS compared to La Plata you would be shocked. Some places have less then a 1/3 of the population.
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From what I hear the franchise agreement is expired...Not sure if this is true.
The cable advisory has always been a joke of a committee anyway. Have you ever tried to contact one of them? No response.....Been to a meeting? Nope they always cancel. Joke!
hockeynutmd
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I signed up but have a conflict with a client today. Based on the information that you've previously provided, I see no future expansion in the Dentsville area for Verizon Broadband. Our only hope at this point is expansion by Comcast or a wireless vendor other then the big 3 offers an affordable option.
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You are probably right about the agreement expiring - great timing for Verizon to come in and stroke the commissioners... it will be a long time coming down here.
I have contacted once out of 20 or so letters/e-mails by the board asking if I wanted to be on it - told them sure thing, would love to; never heard back from them.
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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!
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AndyMarquisLIVE
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I thought La Plata approved it before Charles County. :shrug: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 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.
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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.
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VZ is working at the county level first.....The town will follow suit with whatever the county does.
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bfncbs1
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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!
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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...