by David Katzmaier May 27, 2008
On Tuesday, the Franchise and Concession Review Committee (FCRC) of New York voted unanimously to approve Verizon's proposal to provide Fios TV service in all five boroughs. The vote moves the service closer to becoming an option for customers in New York to choose over cable or satellite TV. "If we are successful in the last steps of the approval process, we will deliver on our promise to begin offering Fios TV in parts of each of the five boroughs later this year," Monica Azare, Verizon senior vice president for New York and Connecticut, said in a press release. Fios TV is available in numerous areas around the city, including suburbs in Long Island and New Jersey, but inside city limits cable providers Time Warner and Cablevision basically divvy up the five boroughs between them (RCN cable is available in select places, too) and no alternative aside from satellite is currently available. Worse, many apartment buildings won't allow satellite dish installs, and many of those that do are blocked by other buildings, making the satellite signals impossible to receive.
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