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Article: D.C. Mayor, Key City Leaders Help Verizon Kick Off Major All-Fiber-Optic Network Upgrade.
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- Network Weekly News
- Article date:
- September 14, 2009
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As excitement builds about Verizon bringing FiOS TV and more cable choice to the District of Columbia, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and key city leaders joined company officials on Tuesday (Sept. 1) for the official launch of Verizon's network upgrade to all fiber optics in the District.
District and Verizon representatives marked the launch with a ribbon-cutting and demonstration of the fiber-optic splicing operation that company technicians will perform as part of the massive network upgrade. The launch event was held in the Southeast, where technicians have begun working on the upgrade.
As Verizon upgrades to an all-fiber network -- something no major ...