As a proud resident of Montgomery County Maryland (again), and a new FiOS subscriber, I’m happy to report that Verizon is rolling out IMG 1.9 in the DC metro area. We had FiOS installed yesterday with the 25/25 Mbps Internet tier, and one DVR – complete with the latest software update – for our living room. Unfortunately, I won’t have a chance to test out IMG 1.9’s enhanced multi-room streaming capabilities, but I do get the new guide as part of the update, and the ability to add an external hard drive. Somewhat ironically, I was presented with a Cisco set-top box, unlike Dave who got the much sleeker Motorola QIP7232. It does have the 500GB hard drive, however, which sure beats the 160GB box we had with Comcast before.
Dave noted last night that Tampa and Pittsburgh received their FiOS software updates earlier this week. A national rollout should be complete within the next two months.
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Hm, I don't think or didn't know 1.9 is rolling in DC. We did have one reader mention the Cisco boxes are now pre-loaded... which means the head-end is ready and I should be able to get hooked up. Unless Montgomery County and Fairfax are different regions?
My dad traded in one of his old boxes last week at the Fair Oaks store and got a 7100-2. Definitely didn't come with 1.9 on it. He was more confused about the lack of a display on the front of the box than anything else though...
OK, I've confirmed MD and VA are served by the same facility. But the rollout to deployed boxes, like my Moto, in our region is yet to come.