Fios Rollout Schedule for Queens, New York

[artmeca]

I was wondering if and when verizon fios would be made available in Woodhaven, Queens. At the moment the fastest plan you offer in our area is 1.5mbps which is quite slow, and recently time warner knocked on our door offering 40mbps down and 5 up, but for an outrageous price of $100. I was wondering if fios would be made available here within a year, to see if I should make a deal with the devil.

[spacedebris]

No way to really tell. Verizon does not publish its rollout sechedule to anyone. Not even their customer service or repair people. In fact many of the people who you talk to on the phone, dont know until the customers start calling in. Verizon claims that they are trying to prevent the competition from going out the weeks before a rollout and re-locking people into contracts to prevent the switching. Now there is a web site (I dont have it but I'm sure someone will post it) that does show the areas that they plan to put fios in, but the problem is that it doesnt give any timeline. it could be tomorrow or it could be 5 years down the line. Usually you'll know before anyone else, because you will see them out laying the lines in the neighborhood. Seems a good rule of thumb is that after they lay the lines in the neighborhood, then it goes on sale about 6-8 weeks later. Not always true but true more often than not.

[dslr595148]

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@spacedebris wrote:

Now there is a web site (I dont have it but I'm sure someone will post it) that does show the areas that they plan to put fios in, but the problem is that it doesnt give any timeline.

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Here is my guess(es). If I am wrong in any of my guess(es), some one - please correct me.

#1http://www.dslreports.com/gmaps/fios?typ=s

#2 http://www.fiberexperts.com/fios-availability.html

#3 http://www.ifibercompany.com/VerizonFiosAvailability.asp

#4 http://www.consumerfiber.com/fios-availability

^^

[artmeca]

Thanks you all for your helpful information. I just wish verizon could just give a timetable on when most of queens would be wired so I can make a calculated decision. Always hate the idea of going in blind, but what can you do about it. I would hate to sign up for a 1 year contract with time warner if fios would be available in my area in 6 months. Once again thanks for all your help.