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Numbers show how badly Verizon FiOS has failed in New York City

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The Wall Street Journal recently obtained a soon-to-be-released audit of Verizon’s FiOS deployment in New York City that measures how short the company has fallen from its 2008 agreement to provide fiber-optic internet and TV service to all who requested it by 2014.

UPDATE: Verizon responds, calls New York’s report on FiOS failure a ‘union tactic’

The numbers are pretty staggering: 40,000 requests for service are still pending, and 75% of those have been pending for at least 12 months, according to the Journal. The full report, based on an audit conducted by New York City’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, is set to be released later today, according to the report.

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Network World Colin Neagle

Verizon calls New York City’s report on FiOS failure a ‘union tactic’

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The office of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio released results of a recent audit of Verizon’s FiOS deployment in the city today, declaring that “Verizon substantially failed to meet its commitment to the people of New York City.”

The report, released by the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) and available in PDF here, charges Verizon with several violations of its 2008 agreement to offer FiOS to all city residents by 2014, claiming the company “has not run fiber throughout enough of the City’s residential neighborhoods to deliver on its commitments.” Earlier this week, a Wall Street Journal report leaked details from the audit: that more than 40,000 requests for service from residences that had not been wired for FiOS remained unfulfilled, and that 75% of those requests had gone unaddressed for more than a year.

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Network World Colin Neagle

Do I even need the Verizon Fios Security bundle for my computer and internet?

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I got Fios and I just have a Mac computer. Do i even need their Security bundle?? With my experiences with Macs, they dont get hit with viruses much. Can I do without their security and save the $6.99 per month.