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Verizon Fios Goes Gigabit Strong With FTTH Verizon on Monday uncorked the potential of its fiber-to-the-home network investments when it released Fios Gigabit Connection, with download speeds up to 950 Mbit/s and uploads up to 880 Mbit/s. The service costs $69.99 per month standalone, according to Verizon. Under a two-year agreement, Fios Gigabit Connection bundled with Fios Custom TV and Digital Voice costs $79.99 in the first year and $84.99 in year two, the service provider said. The gigabit service is available to more than 8 million homes in areas of New York; New Jersey; Philadelphia; Richmond, Va.; Hampton Roads, Va.; Boston; Providence, R.I.; and Washington, D.C., said Verizon. The move comes after Verizon launched Fios Instant Internet in January. That broadband service had upload and download speeds of 750 Mbit/s, according to the CSP. The addition of new firmware and diagnostic tools led to the creation of Verizon's gigabit offering, the company said. With Fios Gigabit Connection, users can connect up to 100 devices simultaneously, said Verizon. As more homeowners invest in smart appliances plus other connected products and services, demand for ultra-broadband capable of supporting tens (or even hundreds) of devices is expected to surge. Related posts: — Alison Diana, Editor, UBB2020. Follow us on Twitter @UBB2020 or @alisoncdiana. |
In a flurry of activity throughout the week, Donald (DJ) LaVoy, Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development at the US Department of Agriculture, and his team spent about $145.8 million in the non-urban or suburban areas of seven states.
Calix reported revenue of $120.19 million – up 4% – in Q4 2019, putting a bounce in the step of company president and CEO Carl Russo and a shine to Calix's ongoing transition from hardware vendor to a provider of platforms enabled by cloud, APIs and subscriber experience.
Looking to curtail e-waste and improve the bottom line, BT will require customers to return routers and set-top boxes, although subscribers will not have to pay a fee when they receive regular broadband equipment.
The industry standards organization is looking to ease operator pain from residential WiFi, while it also sees initiatives in connected home and other projects bear fruit.
Deploying DOCSIS 3.1 across its entire footprint gave Rogers Communications the ability to offer speeds of up to 1 Gbit/s,
contributing to a broadband segement that generated about 60% of the Canadian operator's $3.05 billion (US) in Q4 cable earnings.
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