Howard County Grants Verizon Cable Authority
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I work nights so I don't get out much in daytime except on my days off.(Thrs, Fri.) Went out today to run some errands and Verizon is all over the place laying orange cable starting with the border line with PG Co. at Wiskey Bottom Rd, working north. Man, they sure didn't waste any time!!--Ray
Thats pretty cool. The orange cable you are talking about is really the conduit that they pull the wire through.
Anyways, I went out today and took about 14 pictures or so with conduit, FiOS utility boxes, and some fiber. I would like to post it, but what do you think the best way is to post this many pictures at once?
Should I make them all attachments because the total size of all pictures are 20.7MB since they are high resolution?
Anyways, I went out today and took about 14 pictures or so with conduit, FiOS utility boxes, and some fiber. I would like to post it, but what do you think the best way is to post this many pictures at once?
Should I make them all attachments because the total size of all pictures are 20.7MB since they are high resolution?
Thats alot. I guess jpeg is best and thats what I've seen here. If you have to, just post as many times to get all the pics in.---Ray
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Well looks like they all fit haha...click to enlarge.
First 6 pics are in the second section of our neighborhood...
next 5 are by the entrance to the neighborhood on the other side of ours...
last 1 is behind my home...
First 6 pics are in the second section of our neighborhood...
next 5 are by the entrance to the neighborhood on the other side of ours...
last 1 is behind my home...
yea, thanks...
I tried taking the top off one of those green boxes, but i couldn't figure out how to get it off since it was locked in place. I didn't seem to see a "key lock" anywhere, but i wanted to try to get it off to see if conduit is running into there or if the conduit already has fiber in the box. It's just too bad, though it's hard to do that when theres cars driving by and people in the area. I wouldn't want to make myself too obvious...
I tried taking the top off one of those green boxes, but i couldn't figure out how to get it off since it was locked in place. I didn't seem to see a "key lock" anywhere, but i wanted to try to get it off to see if conduit is running into there or if the conduit already has fiber in the box. It's just too bad, though it's hard to do that when theres cars driving by and people in the area. I wouldn't want to make myself too obvious...
Woo-hoo. Just got the little flyer on my door saying Verizon will be digging in our neighborhood!!!
Not much longer now...
-John
Not much longer now...
-John
Congrats! I'm happy for youjgantert said:Woo-hoo. Just got the little flyer on my door saying Verizon will be digging in our neighborhood!!!
Not much longer now...
-John
and yet sad for me and the many like me who won't see FiOS TV in our areas for another 12-24 months. Adelphia (soon to be Comcast) is horrible in my area, so it look like my only choice will be to folk over $$$ on Dish's MPEG-4 hardware. It's either that or caugh-up $700 for a Sony ATSC/QAM HD DVR and use it for network only broadcasts...wife may kill me and cash-in the insurance policy.:devil:
Maryland FiOS March Construction Schedule
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Howard County Schedule
Montgomery County Schedule
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riffjim4069 said:
Wow, that's a lot of work in Howard County this month. Strange, tho. They dug our neighborhood up in Feburary, and none of the streets were listed. I think that list doesn't include laying the conduit, only laying the actual fiber.
-John
I find it odd that verizon is digging in neighborhoods around me...and yet, as I have been checking the construction schedules since december...I never have seen any of these streets posted.
I still dont have any digging for conduit on my side of the neighborhood even though the two neighborhoods on either side of me have the conduit in. I really hope they will come soon because if verizon runs on time...they are supposed to have their TV service activated by early-to-mid April.
Edit: On Dslreports I heard that verizon's projected start date for howard county is April 15!
I still dont have any digging for conduit on my side of the neighborhood even though the two neighborhoods on either side of me have the conduit in. I really hope they will come soon because if verizon runs on time...they are supposed to have their TV service activated by early-to-mid April.
Edit: On Dslreports I heard that verizon's projected start date for howard county is April 15!
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Damn good question...I keep hearing similar things in various forums. Here is what is posted on the Verizon Maryland website: (perhaps someone would like to call?)mdtvzhockey023 said:
For inquiries, contact the following contractors working in your area:
S&N Communications, 800-757-6842
NTI, 866-796-7770
CableCom, 800-322-6852
I still think the schedule is for the laying of fiber. If they're digging, they are just burying the conduit. Our neighborhood is finished with the digging phase. Next up is the running the fiber (in about 1-2 weeks, according to a Verizon worker).
I expect our street to be on the April list.
-John
I expect our street to be on the April list.
-John
I'm trying to remember when they laid the conduit in my neighborhood (maybe a year ago), and it seemed like it was real fast after that they had the internet up and running. With the legal actions out of the way, they can do both tv and internet quickly- they'll just dig from the street to your house and get you set up with both on the same visit, so cross you fingers!
OMG! I just went on verizon's newscenter page and found this!
http://newscenter.verizon.com/proactive/newsroom/release.vtml?id=93313&PROACTIVE_ID=cecdc7c7cbc9cfcdcec5cecfcfcfc5cecdcfcac9cac8cbccccc5cf
FiOS TV is now in Howard County and it says that Verizon will begin taking orders immediately!
Now im really pissed about not being able to order it yet even though it is availible in my county and the neighborhood next to ours can get it
http://newscenter.verizon.com/proactive/newsroom/release.vtml?id=93313&PROACTIVE_ID=cecdc7c7cbc9cfcdcec5cecfcfcfc5cecdcfcac9cac8cbccccc5cf
FiOS TV is now in Howard County and it says that Verizon will begin taking orders immediately!
Now im really pissed about not being able to order it yet even though it is availible in my county and the neighborhood next to ours can get it
