 maartenaElmoPremium
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| reply to Tzale
Re: Average U.S. Broadband Speed: 1.9Mbps said by Tzale:FIOS/FTTH is the future, Verizon is working hard on getting it rolled out. They just started a few years ago, give them time. It's not easy replacing all the copper with fiber, it will take 10-15 years for 99% of their customers to receive service, but they are quickly making progress in urban areas as we speak. Unfortunately, Verizon only controls about 33% of the US market, and their main competitors like AT&T aren't bringing fiber to the home.
Verizon is also serving a lot of areas that are in the middle of nowhere, and eventually, in the next 10 years or so, maybe 20% of the US population will have access to fiber to the home, while those who live in AT&T, QWest, or other territories will probably have to wait till they realize that DSL really isn't going to cut it.....
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