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| | Verizon will offer fiber-optic TV in bid to become media provider - The Boston Globe |
 | | In the process, the company is positioning itself to offer services that, until now, many consumers haven't even dreamed of, such as allowing TV viewers to interactively search for programming using keywords, much like a Google search, or dial up a live view of traffic on local roads. |
 | | Right now, FiOS TV is available only in the Dallas suburb of Keller, Texas, though Verizon has said that several other markets outside of Massachusetts will get it by the end of the year and that Woburn would be the first in the state, in early 2006. |
 | | The company has laid about 10 million miles of fiber-optic cable around the country and estimates the service will be available to about 3 million US homes by the end of the year. |
| www.boston.com /ae/media/articles/2005/10/13/verizon_will_offer_fiber_optic_tv_in_bid_to_become_media_provider (817 words) |
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