Verizon Communications Inc. said today it is building a fiber-optic network in 16 more New Jersey communities so it can deliver its FiOS services.
The nation’s largest local phone carrier first must seek franchise agreement from local authorities before offering video service.
"We are building the communications network of the future to provide customers unmatched network reliability, incredible speed and exciting new options for voice, data and video connections," says Dennis M. Bone, president of Verizon New Jersey. "Our FTTP project will help stimulate economic development and enhance these communities as great places to live and do business."
Verizon is constructing FTTP networks in more than half the states where it offers landline communications service. To date, Verizon has announced it is building its FTTP network in 80 New Jersey communities in nine counties. The 16 new communities are: Audubon, Audubon Park, Barrington, Haddon Heights, Haddonfield, Lawnside and Tavistock in Camden County; and Bergenfield, Dumont, Garfield, Ho-Ho-Kus, Lodi, Ridgewood, Wallington, Washington Township and Woodcliff Lake in Bergen County.
