DANVERS — It has taken a year for the town to negotiate a second cable TV franchise license for Verizon's lightning-fast, fiber-to-the-side-of-your-home cable TV service.

Finally, on Tuesday, selectmen approved an agreement with Verizon to bring FiOS TV to town. This agreement gives Danvers viewers a choice beside Comcast or satellite.

Danvers became the 87th Massachusetts community to ink an agreement for the service, joining Boxford, Hamilton, Ipswich, Swampscott, Topsfield and Wenham on the North Shore. The service is coming soon to Middleton.

Verizon Vice President of External Affairs Peter Bowman said much of the town is already wired, and the FiOS TV service could be switched on come tomorrow or Monday. Rates range from $13 for a basic service; $48 for an Essentials tier of local channels, those like ESPN and Discovery; and on-demand offerings. Verizon offers a $99-a-month bundle for phone, Internet and TV.

The board's approval of the 10-year agreement brought relief to Patrick Rosenheim of 11 Wayside Drive.

"I think it's time," Rosenheim said. "I would probably be one of the first people to get it Friday."

The license has nothing to do with programming and little to do with rates, but how Verizon sets up the service along Danvers' utility rights of way. Town officials, including Assistant Town Manager Diane Norris, members of the Cable Television Advisory Committee, headed by Chairman Paul Beaulieu, and attorney Peter Epstein hammered out the license with Verizon.

Epstein said many of the requirements were driven by the need to create a level playing field with Comcast, so that the town did not favor one cable TV provider over another.

Verizon plans to provide some cash for capital improvements.

"It will be $100,000 over four years," said Danvers Cable Access Television Executive Director Kam Dunn. "It has yet to be officially allocated to us." Selectmen have the final say over how the money is doled out.

"The goal is to expand the studio and to upgrade the equipment," Dunn said, "heading toward high definition, definitely heading toward some server-based playback" such as allowing programs to be rebroadcast online.

Fios highlights

An office in town where subscribers can go, to be set up within 18 months.

Service to all residents who have utility poles running by their homes within 12 months.

Service to developments with underground utilities, and apartment or condominium buildings, within 48 months.