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FiOS Comes to DC - Video

John 'CZ' Czwartacki posted in PolicyBlog Broadband  on September 01, 2009, 04:30 PM EST

I attended this morning's kick-off event where FiOS was lit for the first time in the District of Columbia.  As a DC resident, a Verizon employee and a general techie it was a little like a party and I was able to grab various attendees for interviews.

Don't miss my chat with mayor Adrian Fenty while he wears a Verizon hard-hat and the video of the fiber splice that actually connected the first FiOS Hub in this Southeast neighborhood to our Central Office over fiber.

As I mention in the video - with FiOS - DC is slated to become one of the best wired cities in the world, joining New York (another FiOS city) Seoul, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.

See the Verizon news release here.

And check out Eric Rabe's post on the Verizon At Home blog.


Reader Comments
When can we actually expect places to get FiOS. As someone in the area that is pegged as a place to get it soon in DC, I am interested as to when it will actually be available.
Vanto posted on 9/6/2009 2:30:34 PM
@vanto ... verizon could use microwave to reach areas with fios... not all bandwidth is trenched
W IRKED posted on 10/17/2009 12:18:41 AM
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