Verizon Begins Pilot FiberOptic Service

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Verizon Introduces Fiber Optic TV Service

Verizon Communications began taking orders yesterday for its new television service, which the company hopes will draw business away from cable and satellite providers.

As part of a national strategy, about 9,000 Verizon customers in Keller, Tex., 30 miles west of Dallas, will be the first to subscribe to the television service, called FiOS TV. The service includes more than 180 digital video and music channels, 20 high-definition channels and video-on-demand for $39.95 a month, carried over fiber optic cables that were installed to replace older copper lines.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/23/technology/23verizon.html

I imagine this will take off because the quality and speed of the digital signal is far superior to anything else out there... fiber optics will also curtail many of the problems of downloading large amounts of material, such as movies... The big issue up to now has been the last mile - telephone hookups were not set up initially to handle the delivery of movies, because it wasnt envisioned - if they tackle this, the digital world will really begin to take off