Verizon FiOS Wins Cable Franchise in Abington, Massachusetts

6:30 am on March 1, 2008 | Category: Regulation, Telecom Services, Television

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The local board of selectmen in Abington, Massachusetts granted a local cable franchise to Verizon Communications earlier this week, in a move that will bring effective competition to the community’s pay-TV market.

Verizon’s FiOS TV service, which delivers digital television signals over fiber optic cables, will now be available to about 5,000 households in the town, according to Verizon.

New York-based Verizon, which delivers numerous telecom services to customers throughout America, has been expanding its fiber-optic pay-TV service for over two years now, promoting itself as a viable alternative to traditional cable companies such as Comcast.

Verizon FiOS is now available in 63 communities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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