[IP] Verizon fiber to the home announcement
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From: "Wong, Brian" <brianwong@xxxxxxx>
Date: July 19, 2004 11:56:11 PM EDT
To: "David J. Farber (dave@xxxxxxxxxx)" <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Verizon fiber to the home announcement
Dave, perhaps of interest. The name of Verizon Wireless in the first
sentence probably is an error.
- Brian -
July 19, 2004
Verizon 'Fios': 15-Mbit/s Downloads For $44.95/Mo.
Verizon Wireless announced plans to offer 30-Mbit/s fiber connection to
the home for customers throughout this year at prices that seem
astoundingly affordable.
Verizon said it had begun fiber-to-the-home deployments, called "Fios",
in California and Florida. The connections, which route high-speed
fiber-optic connections directly to the home -- in place of a cable or
a high-speed DSL connection over a phone line -- will be first be
deployed in Keller, Tex.
Verizon's prices, however, may rewrite the compeitive landscape. The
company plans to offer plans that offer 5-Mbit downloads/2-Mbit uploads
for just $39.95 a month, or $34.95 a month as part of an existing
Verizon plan. The mid-tier upgrade, however, will offer a whopping
15-Mbits/s down and 2-Mbits/s upstream for just $49.95 a month, or
$44.95 a month as part of an existing package. Prices for the 30-Mbit
offering have not been set.
<SNIP>
Verizon also said it plans a Fios video offering to give consumers an
alternative to cable TV in 2005.
<SNIP>
Fiber deployments will take place in Tampa, Flor., the Ft. Worth
metroplex in Texas, and in Southern California. Verizon intends to pass
1 million homes and businesses in parts of nine states with fiber by
the end of the year, the company said.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1625014,00.asp?
kc=ETYH104059TX1B0900581
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