Verizon FiOS is not yet available in Parkchester, Bronx, New York and will not be available to the entire Parkchester, Bronx, New York area, just to Parkchester condominiums.

Verizon FiOS is scheduled to be available to Parkchester condominium residents by the end of 2008.  At that time, Verizon FiOS installation orders for Parkchester condominium residents should begin and order taking will be available here on THE PARKCHESTER INFORMATION NETWORK for all Parkchester condominium residents.

Get information on Verizon FiOS and place your order for DirecTV and Dish Network services in Parkchester at http://www.parkchesterinfo.com/satellitetelevisionservices/

Exciting News. Thanks.

wow that's a shocker -- in a good way!! 

only because there are many parts of the city w/o Fios availability and didn't expect this part of the Bronx to get it before many others.

Hello Parkchesterites,


Great News, Verizon FiOS is now available to some of the buildings in the Parkchester Apartment and Condominium complex.  You will have to check your building's address to see if you can order.

Check Your Address and place your FiOS order

Parkchester DIRECTV, Dish Network and Verizon FiOS

Sorry to be the one to put a damper in everyone's happiness about Fios, but it seems that the technicians who installed, forgot to connect the buildings to the main box each building has.   I at least know it was for most of the buildings.  The tech guy apologized for me wasting my time and tells me technicians won't be able to complete their half-ass job until a week or two later.  So guys it looks like we'll be staying with "freezing-up" cablevision and "garbage" directv a little longer 

I called verizon and they said they are sending out engineers to look at the installation problem of FIOS so that we can get it ASAP

lol, that's what i'm saying.  Ever since my call, they've actually been back to check everything again.  They did some extra work in my building

ParkchesterSouth just seems to be the better side to live on.

I wonder what's wrong with management on the North side. You would think by now they would step up their game.

It seems they don't mind - in the least - lagging behind Parkchester South's management team as far as performance.

I have to admit, sometimes I think this is all planned. That one side has to be better and one worse.

Politics? Business agendas? Perhaps some type of redlining in Parkchester Housing. Something's going on.

sh** Just doesn't seem kosher.

Still, I'm glad to be living in Parkchester South.  

I noticed that we're getting Verizon Fios to our neighborhood but yet it's not available?  Yet it says it would be available by the end of 2008....I just want to know when it will be available to us 

has anyone installed Verizon FiOS? What has your experience been like with it? How long did the installation take? What time did the technician arrive?

Thanks BroncCav for your response. I had FiOS installed this week. I signed up for the ExtremeHD

package and internet, I did not sign up for the phone either.

So here's a rundown on how the whole experience was:

1) I made the appointment for the installation by following parkchesterinfo's link. I was only given

an option for an all day appointment. I called Verizon a few days before the appointment and asked

that they have the technician at my house between 8 AM and 12 noon. He arrived at about 10 AM to

start the installation.

2) About a week before the installation I called Cablevision to let them know that I was

disconnecting the service. They offered me several discounts and upgrades to try and keep me with

them:
a) They offered to keep me at the introductory triple play offer price of $99 for all 3 services for

an additional TWO years.
b) They upgraded my internet service from the normal Optimum Online to their boost service. It's

supposed to be something like 20mbps/5mbps.
-I tested my connection at www.speakeasy.net and it actually peaked at 8mbps/2mbps. Those are pretty

good speeds, and it was faster than their normal service.
c) They offered to keep my DVR service for free
d) Lastly, cablevision asks that you provide them with the order confirmation number that FiOS

provides you when you sign up for their service. They then go ahead and check Verizon's site to

confirm that you indeed are planning to switch providers.
 
In the end, my montly price turned out to be about $10 or $15 cheaper.

3) Those were pretty respectable offers, and anyone who doesn't want to go through the hassle of

switching can probably take advantage of it and not switch at all. I'm a tech person and just decided

that I wanted to try FiOS out. There were several things I didn't like about cablevision, for

example, pixalation of the HD channels, slow response when navigating through the menus of the set

top boxes. I've had time warner cable and their boxes operate a lot quicker.

4) So on the day of installation the tech arrived at about 10 am and was done by 2:30 PM. He would've

finished about a 1/2 hour earlier had he not run out of staples for his staple gun. He had to get

some from one of his co-workers. The tech was very knowledgable and new what he was doing. Like

BroncCav said, they do install a rather large box in your apartment, and had I not been monitoring

the tech, he would installed a load of useless Verizon software on my PC. Well useless software for

me because it installs tools and utilities that I don't need, but may be usefull for someone who is

not computer savy.

5) So how does FiOS compare to cablevision? The set top boxes' response time is lightning fast,

picture is crisp and I have not noticed any pixalation on the HD channels. When you change channels

they load almost immediately. I tested their internet connection at speakeasy.net and it peaked at

about 19mbps/5mbps (Gee look at that, I'm actually getting what I paid for). About the only thing that I will miss from cablevision is not having NY1.

6) The only thing left is to wait until I get my first bill from Verizon. They are known for adding a lot of hidden charges and taxes, but those are mainly for their phone service. I'm expecting that the taxes on their TV service should be similar to cablevision. As for the internet, from my understanding there are no taxes for it no matter which provider you have. However im sure that is soon to change as I know there is legislation in congress to implement an internet tax.

I hope this review was helpful. Im sure there are things I missed, feel free to ask any questions if you are considering FiOS.

-Alberto

Wo! I don't know how I stumbled on this page but I thank all you guys for making me smile with your coments.  A great way to start the early morning.  I  reside on the South Side of Parkchester and have been living on that side for years.  My understanding in the past was that the North side has more owners and it goes far back with the split you have to do researxh.  Metropolitan life owned it and Leona Hemsley owned part of it if I remember correctly.  But anyway I have FIOS and I love it I gave cable the boot.  You will definetely know you are getting it when you see Verizon truck constanly in your area.  The North side in my personal opinion Board are cheap they don't like to invest much in the positiveness of making their area better.  It a major difference appearance wise, security wise and more.  I am sure the south has issues to too but not as much and again this is my personally opinion.  Sorry I thought I was writing in my journal lol.  You can register on verizon.com and you can also call 718 890-0687 the FIOS department.  I am paying about $120 a month and that with the Media DVR 4 rooms and 25/15 Mbps and Unlimited call nationwide and Canada I can't complain and If you can get it you should jump on it before the 15th of August to get your free mini Compaq notebook or Ultra Flip Camcorder.  Hope that this information is helpful...