Wimberley Flood opportunity DSL - FIOS NOW 0.2 - 0.8 Mbps speed REALLY
Cqpphoenix
Enthusiast - Level 2

With the recent flood in Wimberley, TX could something good come to the community of wimberley in this time of tragedy? 

Verizon provides internet for the community of wimberley - Can the repairs and investiment that the goverment is making to restore the city of wimberley help the community with a internet speed? in my neighborhoodI have 0.2 - 0.8 Mbps download speed. REALLY! please invest in wimberley help us restore the community and get to normal standarts of internet speed! 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/29/us/texas-storm-floods-clean-up-even-as-rain-still-falls.html?_r=0 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/05/28/the-fcc-wants-to-expand-internet-subsid...

HELP WIMBERLEY to stay relevant... help educate children with access to internet speed that allow kids to continue their education via internet streaming! 

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Re: Wimberley Flood opportunity DSL - FIOS NOW 0.2 - 0.8 Mbps speed REALLY
smith6612
Community Leader
Community Leader

By chance was the copper infrastrucure destroyed? eg: Are phone and Internet services totally down due to the floods?

The reason I ask this is due to the fact that Verizon is in the process of turning over control of Florida and Texas wireline assets to Frontier Communications. If the infrastructure was destroyed by the flooding Verizon might replace it with Fiber before the conversion is complete. Otherwise, services will probably be restored to their previous levels or be further degraded under Verizon's ownership. It'll be Frontier's problem at that point.

We shall see, though.