Verizon Is Granted Authority to Offer FiOS TV to 735,000 Residents of Hillsborough County, Fla.

Verizon Is Granted Authority to Offer FiOS TV to 735,000 Residents of Hillsborough County, Fla., and Launches the Service in Manatee County, Fla.

TAMPA, Fla. -- The Hillsborough County Commission voted today for consumer choice and competition in the cable-TV market by awarding a far-reaching video franchise to Verizon for its FiOS TV product, to be delivered via its new, all-fiber network. Verizon today also launched FiOS TV to 2,400 households in southern Manatee County.

All right Verizon. Now you have approval. Dig! Dig you bastards! Dig! I want my frickin' Fios!