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Verizon FiOS resumes bid to provide service

By Kathy McCabe

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 26, 2012

Medford has reached agreement with Verizon to bring fiber optic Internet and TV to most city neighborhoods, despite a decision by the telecom giant to halt expansion of the FiOS network. Verizon already had wired 71 percent of Medford when the decision was made in 2010 to stop. A new 10-year license agreement will bring the service to areas already wired, and contains a clause to continue negotiating to expand the service to all of Medford.

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