| Verizon pushing FiOS internet to 50Mbps throughout US From »www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/18/ve···out-us/:
With DOCSIS 3.0 (and the corresponding 50Mbps download speeds) being deploying in varying parts of America, Verizon understands what it's up against. Reportedly, the carrier is gearing up to push its 50Mbps FiOS internet -- which is currently only available in a few of its more favored states -- to its entire US footprint. Best of all, we're hearing that all 16 FiOS-enabled states could have access to the service as early as next week, and if you're anxious to sign up, just know that it'll run you $139.95 per month with an annual contract. Thankfully, Verizon is also planning to boost speeds in the basic and middle tiers as well, with the former going from 5Mbps to 10Mbps and the latter going from 15Mbps to 20Mbps. Yeah, we like where this is headed, but we've still got aways to go before we can even sniff Sigbritt Löthberg's connection.
From »uk.reuters.com/article/rbssTechM···0080618:
LAS VEGAS, June 18 (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is set to offer faster speeds for FiOS Internet customers in response to the growing popularity of bandwidth-heavy activities such as video downloading and photo-sharing, according to a draft of an announcement due on Wednesday.
"The appetite for bandwidth shows no sign of slowing down," Verizon chief operating officer Denny Strigl said in prepared remarks for a speech at the NXTcomm telecommunications industry conference in Las Vegas.
The No. 2 U.S. phone company plans to boost download speeds to up to 50 megabits per second (Mbps) from a previous 30 Mbps for premium FiOS subscribers, according to the draft.
That premium service was previously only offered in some states such as New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts but will now be offered throughout the 16 states where it has built the FiOS network.
Verizon will also boost the downloading speed of its mid-tier service to 20 Mbps from a previous 15, and that of its basic service to 10 Mbps from 5, it said. (Reporting by Ritsuko Ando; Editing by Ben Tan) |
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 Smith6612Premium,MVM
join:2008-02-01
North Tonawanda, NY
kudos:22 | Nice, if 5Mbps is going to go Bye bye and it's going to become 10Mbps for the same price, that's excellent! Now I just have to wait for them to lay the cable where I am. |
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 just lou
join:2008-05-16
Staten Island, NY | reply to RScottyL
I guess those of us at 20 are the only ones not getting squat!
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 buckinghamBuckingham Pa
join:2005-07-17
Buckingham, PA | said by just lou:I guess those of us at 20 are the only ones not getting squat! Well that's more than 17 Mbps more than I'm getting! LOL |
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just lou
join:2008-05-16
Staten Island, NY | I can tell you this much, when my 1 year contract is up, I'll sign up for 10Mbps instead of 20. For my purposes, that's more than fast enough. 5 was pretty blah, but 10 would be fine to me. You'd think they'd pump 20 up to 25 or 30. |
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fndelta
join:2008-04-28
Grosse Pointe, MI | reply to RScottyL
Does anyone have a Foot Print of where verizon (wired) service is offered? Such that they use for the wireless. I would be interested in seeing actually where all of these increases are occuring |
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I am at 30 and I think I'll only get 50 if I want to pay $40 more. |
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backermannPremium
join:2002-12-24
Port Washington, NY | That is an interesting question - the press release says that the 50/20 tier will replace the 30/15 tier where it exists, at the same price ($89.95). That is the tier I currently have - I wonder if we'll get automatically bumped?
said by SQUIDWARD360:I am at 30 and I think I'll only get 50 if I want to pay $40 more. |
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 aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
 ·Verizon FiOS
1 edit | said by backermann:That is an interesting question - the press release says that the 50/20 tier will replace the 30/15 tier where it exists, at the same price ($89.95). That is the tier I currently have - I wonder if we'll get automatically bumped? said by SQUIDWARD360:I am at 30 and I think I'll only get 50 if I want to pay $40 more. I hope so. I have the 30/5 tier(which isn't offered here anymore) for $55 a month. I would love for that to get bumped to 50mbs. Although once my contract is up I would be willing to pay $90(current price for 30/15) for it but not $140. |
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mobbo
join:2005-04-13
Denton, TX | reply to RScottyL
Too much "former"s and "latter"s. Make a chart. It's too early in the morning for that. I have 15/15 service here in Texas. Am I being bumped up to 20/20 now? |
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 DogfatherPremium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA
4 edits | reply to backermann
said by backermann:That is an interesting question - the press release says that the 50/20 tier will replace the 30/15 tier where it exists, at the same price ($89.95). That is the tier I currently have - I wonder if we'll get automatically bumped? said by SQUIDWARD360:I am at 30 and I think I'll only get 50 if I want to pay $40 more. I was wondering the same thing. Will my 30/15 (which is already $140 here in California) get bumped up automatically? The press release mentioned that existing customers can call about the new speeds so I'm guessing that we don't get bumped unless we call for the new speed. |
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aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
3 edits | reply to mobbo
said by mobbo:Too much "former"s and "latter"s. Make a chart. It's too early in the morning for that. I have 15/15 service here in Texas. Am I being bumped up to 20/20 now? "..Verizon says they're also bumping the speeds of their lower and middle tiers across all markets. "Basic" tier users who received 5Mbps/2Mbps will now see 10Mbps/2Mbps. The mid-tier connection speed of 15Mbps/2Mbps offered in many States is being bumped to 20Mbps/5Mbps.."
I don't know what that means for the 15/15 tiers and 30/15 tiers. I guess we'll find out next week.
I also don't know why the prices are lower here in Virginia. My girlfriend, in Maryland, a few miles away can only get it for around $140. Of course i would be happy if she would just get the lowest tier. She keeps dragging her feet in placing the order for phone and INTERNET service from FiOS. I need her to hurry up so we can split the $100 referral fee. |
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mobbo
join:2005-04-13
Denton, TX | I saw that... it pertains to people with 5/2 and 15/2... I have 15/15. |
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 darciliciousCyber LibrarianPremium
join:2001-01-02
Forest Grove, OR
kudos:2
·Frontier FiOS
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said by aaronwt:said by mobbo:Too much "former"s and "latter"s. Make a chart. It's too early in the morning for that. I have 15/15 service here in Texas. Am I being bumped up to 20/20 now? "..Verizon says they're also bumping the speeds of their lower and middle tiers across all markets. "Basic" tier users who received 5Mbps/2Mbps will now see 10Mbps/2Mbps. The mid-tier connection speed of 15Mbps/2Mbps offered in many States is being bumped to 20Mbps/5Mbps.." I don't know what that means for the 15/15 tiers and 30/15 tiers. The press release is pretty clear. "Verizon had already offered the 50/20 Mbps and 20/20 Mbps services in its FiOS markets in Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. The company is now expanding those offerings to new Verizon FiOS customers in parts of California, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Washington, replacing existing offerings of 30/15 Mbps and 15/15 Mbps services, respectively."
I also don't know why the prices are lower here in Virginia.
Competition is stiffer in areas that get these plans at a lower rate. |
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I have a feeling if we are at 30/15 we can upgrade if we call and want to pay $140. If we don't call my guess is our plan will grandfather in but won't be offered anymore. I may just have my plan decreased. |
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JohnAPremium
join:2003-09-16
Pittsburgh, PA | reply to darcilicious
Verizon was fighting with NJ and had stopped expanding the deploy there at the time 30/15 was introduced. Thus instead of NY and NJ, Verizon trialled it in NY and VA. |
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 mlernerPremium
join:2000-11-25
Nepean, ON
kudos:5 | reply to RScottyL
Wow 50 Mbps. I'm completely jealous, we'd kill for 10 meg fiber out here, let alone completely uncapped and unthrottled broadband.
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"If bullshit was money this guy would be richer that Bill Gates." - quote by olebiker on Mirko Bibic |
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Scyber
join:2001-12-28
Trenton, NJ | reply to RScottyL
$140 is too much money for that service. I'd rather get a dual-wan router and get additional service through another company. OOL Boost + VZ's 20mbit plan would get me 50 mbit total bandwidth for less money plus failover capabilities should a provider go down. Certainly there are some routing challenges in that setup, but would get me more bang for my buck. |
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darciliciousCyber LibrarianPremium
join:2001-01-02
Forest Grove, OR
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Frontier FiOS
| said by Scyber:$140 is too much money for that service. I'd rather get a dual-wan router and get additional service through another company. [...] Certainly there are some routing challenges in that setup, but would get me more bang for my buck. We did this for years (Comcast + Verizon DSL) and it was sweet. And really not all that hard to set up actually. Uploads generally went up the faster pipe and downloads on the other (on a per application/protocol basis).
Since then, we've moved to FiOS and have found 15/15 (soon to be 20/20) and don't really need anything else (but that's just us  ) |
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So they increase your download speeds but take away the newsgroups that most people download from? Seems to me a little odd. |
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