Locked In - FIOS

As I mentioned before I recently got a door hanger indicating that there was going to be some work done in my neighborhood to improve verizon services. Well, about a week ago the city came by and spray painted marks indicating where existing cables were in the street. On Tuesday they started digging.

I asked one of the workers if this was for fiber optics, and they confirmed. They also suggested I call their office to learn more about schedules, etc. Obviously I did, but they were only so helpful - the are not verizon, but a subcontractor. BUT they did give me the number of a verizon employee who was great.

Rob was the verizon employee's name. he indicated that it should be about 2 months from the start of digging until the service is available for me to install. He also told me how that is good timing for me, as they will roll out their TV package around that time as well. I should add that Rob was excellent, he answered everyone of my (I'm sure) stupid questions, and had a great attitude.

So if the schedules I have been given are close to accurate, the time from door hanger to service looks to be about 3 months.

FIOS up in here?

I was working from home yesterday, and I saw a guy with a clipboard walking by the front of the house. Of course I assumed he was canvassing for some political cause. So I braced myself for a knock at the door, followed by me either A: hiding in the bathroom and ignoring the person, or B: explaining that my 'no soliciting' sign should cover political discourse as well.


But the knock never came.


I promptly forgot the near-annoyance, and got back to work (Lamar, you ARE the father! - you go Maury) Later in the day, I went to check the mail, and found this hung on my door:



Could this mean that I was actually getting FIOS? I've been waiting for 2 years since they announced that Verizon was rolling Fiber to the Premises in Washington County...
Today I called Verizon to find out what it really is. There is no mention of Verizon's FIOS service on here, so it could be anything. Of course I have heard that such a door hanger is what they put on right before installation.

The FIOS sales office was not able to confirm or deny anything. They routed me to the Oregon office. Similarly, they could not tell me what was being done. But they did indicate that if I see anyone working, I can ask them to find out if this is just routine maintenance/upgrades, or if Fiber is going in. That is my current plan. I will update here as more info becomes available.