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Verizon to conduct FiOS safety checks in NY
Verizon Communications will conduct safety inspections of all FiOS installations completed in New York before Aug. 1, after the New York Public Service Commission uncovered electrical code violations during routine inspections of some deployments. The carrier said its installations are safe and that there have been no known incidents of safety hazards, but after the issue was discussed by the NY PSC for two months running, the telco submitted a plan to review all of its installations during the next 60 days.
The PSC has not officially approved that proposal and will seek comment on it at a Sept. 22 meeting, but Verizon is moving ahead anyway. The safety issue is cropping up at a time when Verizon is starting to increase its deployments in New York City, particularly in multi-dwelling unit buildings there.
For more:
- read this story at The Albany Times Union
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Comments
Posted by Anonymous | October 30, 2008 - 10:55am
This is just an attempt by the cable companies to slow down Verizons success in New York. They claim that the units outside were not grounded properly. Verizon has since checked and re-grounded all of the units that required it. They have even gone so far as to send a manager to each and every new install to take a photo of the ground to prove that it was done to code. You have nothing to worry about. The cable companies are just getting desperate because they now know that Verizons product is a better service and is only getting better as time goes by. Be afraid cable be very afraid.
Posted by Vinny from Kings Park, NY | September 25, 2008 - 8:29am
Is this a NY CITY thing or an all of New York thing??? I live on Long Island and have Verizon Fios. Will they be checking my setup to make sure everything is safe?
Posted by Roger | August 26, 2008 - 1:17pm
OK, I give. If the FIOS cable is glass fiber, it is by definition, a non-conductor of electricity. What interest does the National Electrical Code have in regulating the distribution of light waves?
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