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Verizon's Project Hits Some Bumps — And Utility Pipes

An AP newswire article by Stephanie Stoughton, via USA Today, reports that:

New York-based Verizon is spending billions on the upgrade so its network can deliver video on demand and hundreds of channels of high-definition television, as well as Internet connections hundreds of times faster than most broadband lines. So far, the path to the future has been marked by more than a few ruptured utility pipes, split cables and dug-up driveways.

Verizon officials acknowledge start-up problems with their FiOS project, now available in parts of Virginia, Maryland, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, Texas and California, but they have seen a dramatic decline in the number of damage incidents since it began in 2004.

posted by Fergie @ 7/05/2006 03:35:00 PM