TV Choice and Competition Near for Residents of Stony Point, N.Y.

The Stony Point Town Board granted a video franchise to Verizon Tuesday night (April 8), paving the way for video choice in the community. This vote brings to 105 the total number ofNew York communities that have approved video franchises for Verizon.

"This is great news for residents ofStony Point, who now will have a new choice for their video entertainment," said Monica Azare, Verizon senior vice president forNew York andConnecticut. "Consumers here will be able to choose their cable provider as easily as they choose their phone company. Competition like this drives innovation and value, and puts the consumer in control."

As with all local franchise approvals inNew York, the agreement between Verizon andStony Point is subject to review by theNew York State Public Service Commission.

Verizon's FiOS TV is a formidable competitor to cable and satellite, offering a broad collection of all-digital programming, 30 high-definition (HD) channels in theNew York market and access to more than 10,000 on-demand titles, 70 percent of which are free.

Verizon's fiber network delivers amazingly sharp pictures and sound, and has the capacity to transmit a wide array of high-definition programming that is so clear and intense it seems to leap from the TV screen. In addition to FiOS TV, Verizon's fiber network also delivers Internet download speeds of up to 50 Mbps (megabits per second) and upload speeds of up to 20 Mbps, as well as high-quality voice service.(*)

Stony Point joins a growing list ofNew York communities that are paving the way for competition and choice in the television market. In addition to Stony Point, Verizon has been granted video franchises onLong Island in the villages ofMassapequa Park,Cedarhurst,Laurel Hollow,Lynbrook,Mineola, East Hills,East Rockaway,Farmingdale,Valley Stream,Freeport,Williston Park,New Hyde Park,Sands Point,Bayville,Old Field,Floral Park,South Floral Park,Garden City,Nissequogue, Poquott,East Williston, Head of the Harbor,Mill Neck,Stewart Manor,Centre Island,Malverne,Huntington Bay, The Branch,Oyster Bay Cove,Flower Hill,Great Neck, Great Neck Estates, Great Neck Plaza,Kensington,Kings Point,Lake Success,Munsey Park,North Hills, Plandome,Plandome Heights,Plandome Manor, Roslyn Estates,Roslyn Harbor, Russell Gardens, Saddle Rock,Thomaston,Bellerose andLloyd Harbor; and in the towns ofNorth Hempstead,Huntington,Smithtown,Hempstead,Oyster Bay and Islip.

Verizon also has video franchises in theOrange County town ofNewburgh; in the Erie County Town of Hamburg; in theRockland County communities of Nyack,South Nyack,Upper Nyack, Grandview-on-Hudson, Clarkstown, Orangetown, Piermont,Airmont, theTown of Haverstraw,West Haverstraw,Chestnut Ridge, Spring Valley, theVillage of Haverstraw,Suffern andHillburn; and in the Westchester County communities ofArdsley,Dobbs Ferry,Tarrytown,Irvington, the Town of Greenburgh,Eastchester,Mount Kisco,Elmsford,Port Chester, Tuckahoe,White Plains,Rye Brook, North Castle,Mount Vernon,Mount Pleasant, Yonkers,Scarsdale,Bronxville,New Rochelle,Cortlandt,Peekskill,Buchanan, Rye,Larchmont, the village ofMamaroneck, the town ofMamaroneck, Pelham Manor,Sleepy Hollow,Briarcliff Manor, the town ofOssining and the village ofOssining.

* NOTE: actual (throughput) speeds will vary.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), headquartered inNew York, is a leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving nearly 66 million customers nationwide. Verizon's Wireline operations include Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world, and Verizon Telecom, which brings customers the benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment services over the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of nearly 235,000 and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of $93.5 billion. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.

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