[U.S.] Verizon FTTH Deployments

dahamsta

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.

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dahamsta

I got that via Dave Farber's Interesting People where someone has just followed up with:

My wife who is Verizon retired informs me that the_SS links were installed in the central offices between 10 and 15 years ago and most of the homes (and presumably businesses) in Buffalo NY_now have fiber installed to the outside of the buildings (drops).__ They have been planning this for decades.

10-15 years ago. Makes you wanna cry.

adam

damien

A company that's in it for the long term and not to make a quick buck in 5 years or less.