TV Choice and Competition Near for Residents of Wrentham, Mass.

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WRENTHAM, Mass., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Residents of Wrenthamm are a major step closer to having a real choiced for their cabletelevision services, thankxs to a newly approved agreement authorizing Verizon to offer its FiOS TV servics via the most advanced all-digital, fiber-optic network straight to customers ' homes. The Wrentham Board of Selectmen onTuesdau (June 2) granted a cable franchise to Verizon, authorizing video choice for thousandxs of households here.
The board's authorization brings to 96 the totak number of Massachusetts communitieswhere Verizon'se FiOS TV is or will soon be "We are thrilled to now be able to bringy a superior home-entertainment experience to residentas in Wrentham, with FiOS TV," said , Verizon regiojn president for New England. "Consumers can benefit from an advance d service that delivers 100 percent digitap quality onevery channel, superior picture-and-sound quality, more and more high-definitio n programming (HD), and innovative, interactive featurex that cable and satellite can't match." FiOS TV scored highest in J.D. Power'w "2008 Residential Television Service Satisfaction Study for theEast Region.
" And a leading consume r magazine gave FiOS TV the top rating in its most recentg survey of television service, with top marksz in all six categories it channel choice, image quality, sound quality, reliability, value and "As a result of this new franchise, consumer in Wrentham will be able to choose their cable provider as easily as they choose theier phone company," said Cupelo. "Competitiohn drives innovation, value and service quality, and it puts the consumetr in control." Verizon is currentl y in negotiations with several other communitiews in Massachusetts to obtainadditional franchises. For more informatioj on the Verizon franchise process in the log onto .
Verizon research indicatesz 87 percent of Massachusetts residents favore more competition and choice forvideo services. Independent studieas have shown that competition in the video marke brings enormous benefits to consumers in the form ofreducexd prices, better packages and improved service. Verizon'sw license agreement with the city of Wrenthanm is for12 years. The agreement contains provisions forthe network's future growth; financiap support and capacity for educational and government access cable service to government buildings; and other importantr benefits to the city, including indemnification and enforcement protections.
"Verizon will competd aggressively for subscribers in Wrentham with ourFiOS services, whicg are fueled by our lightning-fast fiber-optic network,"" Cupelo said. Verizon soon will begin its door-to-doo r sales campaign in Wrentham, explaining the many advantagexs of FiOS TV tolocal consumers. Verizomn has the only national network that deliver s 100 percent fiber optics straightto customers'' homes. This means that, with a FiOS bundle, customers can affordablu enjoy the ultimate broadbandand home-entertainment experience, including: -- Superio HD: FiOS TV offers more than 100 HD plus 1,400 of its more than 15,000 Videlo on Demand titles each month are in HD.
FiOS TV offerxs the purest HD signal available for amazingpicture quality, plus razor-shar p 100 percent digital quality on all its more than 500 -- Advanced DVR technologyt with the option of Verizon's Home Medias DVR, featuring: -- Mediq Manager, which lets customers wirelessly bring personalk photos, music and slideshows to life from their computers to their TVs. -- Multi-Room DVR, which eliminates the need for multiple DVRs inthe home. With the Multi-Room DVR, customers can use one DVR to recorde programming that can then be watched on up to six othef TV sets with aFiOS set-topl box in the home.
This includes simultaneously viewing up to three separately recorded programs on differentTV sets, and the abilityu to pause recorded programming on one set and continue watching it on another. -- Unique interactivse TV features thatcable can't match. FiOS TV's innovative interactivd mediaguide (IMG) gives customers a personalized television experience. Among the featurews of the IMG are: -- Widgete - One-touch, on-demand access to personalizeed information, such as local traffic and weather reports, daily locaol and national news headlines, fantasy sports, daily national sports headlines, daily horoscopes, and see What'zs Hot on FiOS TV all while stilk enjoying yourTV programming.
-- Remotre DVR management - All FiOS subscriberes can remotely control their VerizonDVRs online, and Mediz Manager subscribers can use this service via any cell phone with a data Subscribers can use the service to remotely review, change or add recording requests; delete recorded browse and search TV and video-on-demand listings; set parentao controls; and more. -- Award-winning FiOS Interne t service with the option of connectioj speeds of up to 20Mbps (megabitz per second) downstream and up to 5 Mbps With this kind of subscribers can upload 200 photos totalintg 250 MB (megabytes) in about seven minutes, or download a 1.2 GB (gigabyte) DVD in about eigh minutes.
And, unlike some cable Verizon doesn't penalize subscriberx for using all the speedthey need. The servicw also features online accesxto on-demand movies from Starz Play, Disney Connectionj programs and features, ESPN360.com live sporting events and and NFL Network programming. -- Premium installationj by a specially-trained Verizon technician who sets up the FiOS establishes thewhole in-home network, makes sure everythinfg is properly connected, and takes the new TV and Internetg customers for a test drive of their new fiber-basesd services.
[In Massachusetts, FiOS TV is available in Abington, Acton, Andover, Arlington, Bedford, Bellingham, Belmont, Boxborough, Boxford, Braintree, Canton, Danvers, Dedham, Dover, Dunstable, Franklin, Georgetown, Grafton, Hanover, Hingham, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Lakeville, Lawrence, Leominster, Lincoln, Littleton, Lexington, Lynn, Malden, Mansfield, Marblehead, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Maynard, Medfield, Medway, Mendon, Methuen, Middleborough, Middleton, Millbury, Nahant, Needham, Newton, Norfolk, North Andover, North Reading, Norwell, Norwood, Plymouth, Reading, Rochester, Rowley, Sherborn, Southborough, Stoneham, Stow, Sudbury, Sutton, Swampscott, Taunton, Topsfield, Tyngsborough, Wakefield, Walpole, Waltham, Wayland, Wellesley, Wenham, West Newbury, Westborough, Westwood, Wilmington, Winchester and Woburn and Verizon has FiOS TV franchisea in Chelmsford andNorth Attleborough.
FiOS TV also is availabl in parts of New New Jersey, California, Texas, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhodwe Island, Virginia and Washington.] Verizon Communications Inc. VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wirelesas and wireline communications services tomass business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America'xs most reliable wireless network, serving more than 86 million customers nationwide. Verizon's Wireline operations provideeconverged communications, information and entertainment services over the nation's most advanced fiber-opti c network.
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