TV Choice and Competition Near for Residents of Four New York Communities

Rockland, Westchester and Long Island Municipalities Approve Video Franchises
for Verizon

NEW YORK, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Residents of four New York communities are a
major step closer to having a real choice for their cable television service,
thanks to newly approved agreements authorizing Verizon to offer its FiOS TV
service, delivered over the most advanced fiber-optic network straight to
customers' homes.
The villages of Pomona in Rockland County, Lindenhurst in Suffolk County and
Hewlett Bay Park in Nassau County, and the Town of Yorktown in Westchester
County all recently granted video franchises to Verizon, paving the way for
video choice in these communities.
The latest approvals bring to 138 the total number of New York municipalities
that have granted video franchises for Verizon.
"This is great news for residents of these four communities, who now will have
a new choice for their video entertainment," said Andres Irlando, Verizon
senior vice president for the New York region.
"Consumers in Pomona, Lindenhurst, Hewlett Bay Park and Yorktown will be able
to choose their cable provider as easily as they choose their phone company.
Competition like this drives innovation and value and puts the consumer in
control, and we will compete aggressively for customers in these areas," he
said.
As with all local franchise approvals in New York, the agreements between
Verizon and the four communities are subject to review by the New York State
Public Service Commission.
Verizon's FiOS TV is a formidable competitor to cable and satellite, offering
a broad collection of all-digital programming, up to 100 high-definition (HD)
channels in the New York market and access to more than 11,000 video-on-demand
(VOD) titles, 70 percent of which are free. The VOD library also includes an
increasing number of HD titles, and Verizon plans to have 1,000 HD VOD titles
per month by year-end.
Verizon's fiber network delivers amazingly sharp pictures and sound, and has
the capacity to transmit a wide array of high-definition programming that is
so clear and intense it seems to leap from the TV screen. In addition to FiOS
TV, Verizon's fiber network also delivers Internet download speeds of up to 50
Mbps (megabits per second) and upload speeds of up to 20 Mbps, as well as
high-quality voice service.*
Pomona, Lindenhurst, Hewlett Bay Park and Yorktown join a growing list of New
York communities that are paving the way for competition and choice in the
television market. In addition to these four communities, Verizon has been
granted video franchises in the following municipalities:
City of New York

Long Island
Amityville, Massapequa Park, Cedarhurst, Laurel Hollow, Lynbrook, Mineola,
East Hills, East Rockaway, Farmingdale, Valley Stream, Freeport, Williston
Park, New Hyde Park, Sands Point, Bayville, Old Field, Floral Park, South
Floral Park, Garden City, Nissequogue, Northport, Poquott, East Williston,
Head of the Harbor, Mill Neck, Stewart Manor, Centre Island, Lawrence,
Malverne, Manorhaven, Huntington Bay, The Branch, Oyster Bay Cove, Flower
Hill, Great Neck, Great Neck Estates, Great Neck Plaza, Kensington, Kings
Point, Lake Success, Munsey Park, North Hills, Plandome, Plandome Heights,
Plandome Manor, Rockville Centre, Roslyn, Roslyn Estates, Roslyn Harbor,
Russell Gardens, Saddle Rock, Thomaston, Bellerose, Lloyd Harbor, Baxter
Estates, Hempstead Cove Neck and Brightwaters; and the towns of North
Hempstead, Huntington, Smithtown, Hempstead, Oyster Bay, Islip and Babylon.

Westchester County
Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytown, Irvington, Greenburgh, Eastchester, Mount
Kisco, Elmsford, Port Chester, Tuckahoe, White Plains, Rye Brook, North
Castle, Mount Vernon, Mount Pleasant, Yonkers, Scarsdale, Bronxville, New
Rochelle, Cortlandt, Peekskill, Buchanan, Rye, Larchmont, the Village of
Mamaroneck, the Town of Mamaroneck, New Castle, Pelham Manor, Sleepy Hollow,
Briarcliff Manor, the Town of Ossining and the Village of Ossining.

Rockland County
Nyack, South Nyack, Upper Nyack, Grandview-on-Hudson, Clarkstown, Orangetown,
Piermont, Airmont, the Town of Haverstraw, West Haverstraw, Chestnut Ridge,
Ramapo, Spring Valley, Stony Point, the Village of Haverstraw, Suffern,
Hillburn, Wesley Hills, Montebello and New Hempstead.

Dutchess County
Wappinger, Wappingers Falls and Village of Fishkill

Orange County
Town of Newburgh and City of Newburgh

Erie County
Amherst, Blasdell, Village of Hamburg, Town of Hamburg, West Seneca,
Tonawanda, Village of Orchard Park, Town of Orchard Park and Kenmore.

Putnam County
Kent

* NOTE: actual (throughput) speeds will vary.
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