Fiber is the future. And short-sighted money grabs are what the legacy telcos and cablecos have sought out. While DOCSIS 3.0 is very capable, I think the market will be there for FTTH and if verizon/ATT/Comcast aren’t interested in bringing it, they run the risk of being displaced out of the market by someone else. …
Monthly Archive: December 2011
Dec
31
2011
Verizon FiOS to offer WJAR-TV in 2012
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – WJAR-TV has reached an agreement with verizon Communications Inc. to keep the Rhode Island NBC affiliate available to customers of the FiOS fiber-optic TV and broadband service. The deal was announced on Friday. The terms of the agreement were not released. The new contract means WJAR-TV and its Me-TV will continue …
Dec
31
2011
BRIEF: WFLA programming to continue on Verizon FiOS

BRIEF: WFLA programming to continue on verizon fios TAMPA, Dec 30, 2011 (Tampa Tribune – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) – With one day before WFLA-TV was to disappear from the verizon fios cable system, the two companies have ended their standoff over financial terms for retransmitting the station on verizon. WFLA has been running …
Dec
31
2011
FiOS touts addition of MSG broadcasts
While time warner Cable’s dispute with MSG could result in the loss of Sabres games, and possibly customers, one of its competitors is touting its recently added high-definition broadcasts of MSG programs. verizon fios started broadcasting MSG channels in HD a couple of weeks ago. Sabres games and other programs had been available to FiOS …
Dec
31
2011
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Buy verizon fios (888) 443-2991 Timber Creek vs Ramapo Boys Football: Group 3 Finals – NJ.com Timber Creek vs Ramapo Boys Football: Group 3 FinalsNJ.comThe complete Timber Creek vs Ramapo High School Final is re-broadcasted on-demand right here 24/7 until January 30th or… Or check your local listings and tune in to verizon FiOS1 for …
Dec
31
2011
Verizon drops $2 ‘convenience fee’ hours after the FCC vows an investigation of ‘concern’

By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 11:07 PM on 30th December 2011 Cellphone provider verizon Wireless has dropped a proposed $2 convenience fee on credit card payments just a day after announcing it. The nation’s largest cellphone company stated that the fee on one-time payments was ‘designed to improve the efficiency of those transactions’ …
Dec
31
2011
Verizon FiOS to offer WJAR-TV in 2012 – Syracuse Post
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — WJAR-TV has reached an agreement with verizon Communications Inc. to keep the Rhode Island NBC affiliate available to customers of the FiOS fiber-optic TV and broadband service. The deal was announced on Friday. The terms of the agreement were not released. The new contract means WJAR-TV and its Me-TV will continue …
Dec
31
2011
Verizon Wireless to charge $2 for one-time payment
Dec
31
2011
WJAR / NBC 10 and Verizon FiOS Reach New Retransmission Consent Agreement
Providence — WJAR / NBC 10, a Media General NBC affiliate, today announced that it has reached an agreement on a new retransmission consent contract with verizon fios, and that WJAR-TV and Me-TV will continue to be available on the verizon fios system after 11:59 p.m. (EST) on December 31, 2011. No terms were disclosed. “We …
Dec
31
2011
Verizon FiOS to offer WJAR-TV in 2012 – Union
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — WJAR-TV has reached an agreement with verizon Communications Inc. to keep the Rhode Island NBC affiliate available to customers of the FiOS fiber-optic TV and broadband service. The deal was announced on Friday. The terms of the agreement were not released. The new contract means WJAR-TV and its Me-TV will continue …