Verizon Extends 50/20 Mbps FiOS Internet Service

Speaking at the NXTcomm conference in Las Vegas,

Verizon President and Chief Operating Officer Denny Strigl announced that the company is expanding its FiOS Internet connections of 50/20, 20/20, 20/5 and 10/2 Mbps across all of Verizon's FiOS Internet service footprint in 16 states. The new service tiers replace the previous offerings of 30/15 Mbps and 15/15 Mbps services, respectively.



The FiOS network currently passes 10 million homes and business.


At the end of the first quarter 2008, 1.8 million Verizon customers received their broadband service over Verizon's all-fiber network, and more than 1.2 million customers had subscribed to FiOS TV.http://www.verizon.com