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Article: Verizon expands FiOS TV availability in New York for consumers in the Town of Hempstead.(SERVICES)
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- Article date:
- June 1, 2006
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Verizon introduced FiOS TV in the Town of Hempstead on Long Island, offering a true choice for subscription television and on-demand programming via the company's all-digital, fiber-optic network. Verizon is the first company to offer such a communications network, connecting homes and businesses directly to fiber optics on a widespread scale.
Verizon began taking orders for its fiber-optic TV services in parts of the Town of Hempstead's unincorporated villages of Baldwin, Bellmore, North Bellmore, Merrick, North Merrick, Roosevelt, Seaford, and Wantagh. The Hempstead Town Board voted unanimously on April 4 to grant the company a franchise to provide television ...