Brace yourself. Here’s the email I anticipated sending out sometime this Fall, but which Verizon has authorized me to send to the entire community today.

Attention shoppers and all live streamers... If you wish to subscribe to Verizon FIOS from a home located ANYWHERE in the Pines, you may begin that process today!

Please email FireIslandFIOS@outlook.com stating that you would like to subscribe and including the following information:

Once you send your email, you can expect to receive an email response back within +/- 48 hours. If you send your email on a Friday afternoon or during the weekend, please don’t expect a return email until the following Monday. The response will give you an approximate time by which a dedicated Verizon FIOS representative will be in touch with you to select your FIOS package and to schedule installation. Expect the timeframe to extend up to 3 weeks from today.  Unlike Zones 1 and 2, which rolled out from the west to east, the remaining homes in the Pines will be rolled out from the east to west (beginning at Sail) until all homes east of the harbor are completed. No one will be skipped or left out.

Please note that package offerings are not static and can change over time. For example, the $99 installation fee on the 1 Gig package is (at this time) no longer being waived; however, there are other incentives being offered. I encourage you to review the offerings with the FIOS rep once your turn is up to receive their call back. 

And as previously communicated to the Co-op shareholders, additional required infrastructure will be installed this Fall so that all shareholders will be able to subscribe by the beginning of next season. 

And please recall that when the announcement that FIOS is coming to the Pines was first rolled out, the anticipated delivery date was Fall 2021. Clearly, we are far ahead of schedule. Thank you Team Verizon!

FireIslandFIOS@outlook.com. Go!

On behalf of FIPPOA and the Internet Task Force,

Henry