Archive for December, 2006

Cable viewers may see Verizon on the horizon

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Medfield Press - Needham,MA,USA … The new video service from Verizon, called FiOS TV (an abbreviation for Fiber Optic Service), will provide residents with options very similar to those …

Verizon Store Follows Apple’s Example

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Washington Post - United States … Verizon is spending $18 billion to turn its existing copper lines into a much faster fiber-optic network, named Fios, allowing Verizon to add video and other …

Lightning strike leaves Verizon users off hook

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA He said Southern California Edison had to repair structural damage to the power line before the fiber optic cable could be fixed.

Mother claims police harassment in lawsuit

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

The Daily Item of Lynn - Boston,MA,USA … was involved in this vandalism spree, including broken glass, blood or fiber, to no … According to the complaint, Foster was allowed to leave the premises of her …

STORM KNOCKS OUT UTILITIES

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

The Eureka Reporter - Eureka,CA,USA … In addition to the pockets of power outages, the entire North Coast area north of Laytonville served by AT&T’s fiber optic cable was suddenly cut off from …

VERIZON TAKES FIOS TO THE PEOPLE

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

Contactmusic.com - Burley in Wharfdale,Ilkley,UK … a page from Apple’s strategy, Verizon Communications has begun to open Verizon Experience stores at malls in areas where it is introducing its FiOS fiber-optic …

Verizon Goes In-store for IPTV Commercials

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

NewTeeVee - San Francisco,CA,USA … Verizon has opened two mall-front properties to showcase its FiOS IPTV offering “with little advertisement or fanfare,” says this AP story. …

Fiber-Wired City Attracts Managed Services Businesses

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

KillerApp.Com - Rosenberg,TX,USA … The Jackson Energy Authority, a publicly owned utility, recently built a fiber-to-the-premises system in its home town of Jackson, Tennessee and surrounding …

North Dakota Telephone Company Chooses Optibase’s MPEG-4 H.264 …

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

Broadcast Newsroom - Newport Beach,CA,USA … video/audio content. Services will be distributed over two platforms, ADSL 2+ and active FTTP networks. Television channels will …

Verizon lures customers with TV, phone, fast Net

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA AP. Verizon has flooded mailboxes, gone door to door and even handed out free ice cream as it seeks to sell its new FiOS TV, telephone and high-speed Internet …