Verizon ordered to finish fiber build that it promised but didn’t deliver (opens in new tab)

... and yet, they won't. At worst, they'll pay some small little fine (the "financial damages") and go about their normal business.

It's laughable how they tried to blame the timing of the report on their union negotiations. Regardless of whether that's true or not, they still failed to hold up their end of the deal.

I would encourage those of you who live in NYC to call up Verizon and inquire about FIOS service availability at your residence. If they tell you it's not available, notify the DoITT.

For whatever reason, Verizon has "given up" on FiOS. Perhaps decided it was too expensive? They're willing to milk it for continuing revenue, but don't want to spend new money. Perhaps they've harvested the low hanging fruit? The net result is the antithesis of the original gonzo deployment that took place all around the country.

Verizon is content to emphasize wireless, especially now that they own 100% of their network (previously Vodafone owned 45%).

Still, it could be worse. It could be far worse. Verizon aggressively deployed FiOS in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon. It was great. Then they sold us and a lot of other "rural" areas to Frontier Communications. That clown show is 100x worse than the worst you could imagine about Verizon.

Frontier originally decided to drop cable TV altogether (keeping legacy customers for a transition period). Then they reluctantly reversed themselves. They also shutdown entire FiOS towns where they didn't like the penetration numbers. They don't have any physical offices, you need to mail back a DVR or a CableCARD to them. Etc. I could go on and on but it's not pretty. Comcast is eating Frontier's lunch.