Om is quoting a study on Verizon FiOS in the wild and came away with a starling realization: fiber optics will probably tear cable Internet and TV a new poop hole. Although only a few places have FiOS now, when Verizon rolled it out in Massachusetts:
Comcast lost 5,216 subscribers across a base of 204,160, a drop of 2.6%.
RCN lost 1,813 subscribers, or 7% off its base of 25,895 subscribers.
While that’s not earth-shattering, it does mean that someone out there knows a good thing when they see it. Hrm… maybe a little FiOS in Brooklyn? Nah… just checked. No FiOS in Bay Ridge.
The FIOS box is right across the street from my building. It’s been taunting me for over a year, while I wait for our Board to approve a building-wide switch to FIOS. It’s very frustrating.
I saw a full page ad for Verizon FIOS in the “Brooklyn Paper” so I called them today.
They said that the service was not available in Bay Ridge, but that it would be available “soon”. He could not say how soon soon might be, but that gives one hope.
The intro packages for TV/Internet/Phone are supposed to be very attractive in the NYC area. I want it now.
It’s sad that almost a year later FIOS is STILL not available in Bay Ridge!!