TV Choice and Competition Near for Residents of Dundee, Ore.

Community Approves Video Franchise for Verizon

BEAVERTON, Ore. -- Residents of the Yamhill County community of Dundee are a major step closer to having a real choice for their television services, thanks to a newly approved agreement authorizing Verizon to offer its FiOS TV service, delivered over the most advanced fiber-optic network straight to customers’ homes.

In a unanimous vote, the Dundee City Council granted a video franchise to Verizon Tuesday night (May 15), paving the way for video choice for local citizens.

“Consumers want options in their video service provider, and Verizon looks forward to providing area residents with a dramatic new choice that will forever change their TV viewing experience,” said David Valdez, Verizon Northwest region president. “Competition drives innovation, value and service quality, and we will compete aggressively in Yamhill County with our FiOS services.”

Dundee joins a growing list of communities nationwide that are paving the way for competition and choice in the television market. In addition to Dundee, Verizon has been granted video franchises by the city of Newberg and 10 cities in Washington County, as well as by Washington County itself. The company expects to offer FiOS TV service in these communities early next year.

Verizon is the first and only major telecommunications company to be certified by the independent Fiber to the Home Council as providing customers with 100 percent fiber-optic service, the ultimate communications and entertainment technology.

Verizon, the first company to connect homes and businesses directly to fiber optics on a widespread national scale, offers its FiOS voice and Internet service in more than 1,700 cities in 16 states including Washington and Oregon, and provides its FiOS TV service in more than 400 cities in 10 states. Verizon’s FiOS TV is a formidable competitor to cable and satellite, offering a broad collection of all-digital programming, more than 25 high-definition (HD) channels in most markets and access to more than 8,600 on-demand titles, 60 percent of which are free.

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 30 Mbps (megabits per second) and upload speeds of up to 5 Mbps, as well as high-quality voice service.*

*NOTE: actual (throughput) speeds will vary.