Verizon fiber to the home announcement

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Wong, Brian" <brianwong () dwt com>
Date: July 19, 2004 11:56:11 PM EDT
To: "David J. Farber (dave () farber net)" <dave () farber net>
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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