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Verizon has temporarily stopped installation of its fiber-optic network, or FiOS, in Claremont, Upland and Rancho Cucamonga.The broadband and telecommunications company must finish a certain percentage of the installation in diverse, underserved cities before starting work elsewhere, said Gary George, Verizon director of government and external affairs.
Verizon has agreements with 21 cities to install the [...]

FIOS must be getting closer to Rancho Cucamonga with Charter trying to lock us in with 2 year deals at discount prices.  Here is my latest encounter with poor service from Charter;
Running speed tests on my Charter internet service using InternetFrog speed test has always indicated accurate speeds  How do I know that this service is [...]

Dan James
Senior Civil Engineer
City of Rancho Cucamonga

Dan James was thoughtful enough to provide the RCView with an update on the progress, or lack of progress for relief from a single IT provider in Rancho Cucamonga.

From: James, Dan
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 7:19 AM
Subject: Verizon FiOS update
Dear Mr. Shea:
You had previously expressed interest in learning the [...]

Due to the high level on interest in Verizon FIOS for Rancho Cucamonga I have emailed a request to the city manager Jack Lam, for an update to his last estimate for FIOS availability.
Here is his last estimate:
Comment from Jack | Edit comment
Time: June 19, 2008, 2:59 pm
“Last week, I had occasion to see Mr. [...]

Rancho Cucamonga City Council causes citizens to pay tens of millions of dollars more for internet and television service with its failure to work with Verizon.
Don’t hold your breath for Verizon FIOS service in Rancho Cucamonga or TV service in Fontana.  Verizon was ready to install the fiber overlay needed to support FIOS service for [...]

City council in no hurry to provide an alternative to Charter Communication:
Verizon DSL service is unavailable to much of the city where the maximum distance from the switching station is exceeded.  Verizon has not been able to begin the installation of a new technology, which would provide service to the entire city.
FIOS overlay projects have [...]

Verizon fiber optic project;
This project would provide competition for TV, telephone, and Internet service to our existing cable companies. The fiber optic overlay project was presented early last year at a city council meeting by Verizon representatives.
Here is a link to a news release with a description of the proposed service, along with prices.
http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2007/new-tv-choice-for-hundreds-of.html
I cannot [...]