The Verizon FiOS network is getting a speed boost!There’s lots of competition going on between different networks these days. It’s always a race and a competition of who can offer the fastest speeds. Verizon just upped the speeds on their FiOs network which currently has 522,000 users. Now they are offering 50 Mbps (as though 30 weren’t enough) downstream and 5 Mbps upstream. Previously, their top speed offered was 30 Mbps on the downstream.
As the network speeds keep getting faster, it also seems that the prices just keep climbing as well. No price has been set, however $179 is what they currently charge for 30 Mbps. These higher speeds are only available in certain states (they’ve also just added a few), like New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Road Island. I don’t know of anyone yet that has FiOS available in their area, so I’m still left to wonder if it’s worth the money! Just think, you could download 1 gig in about 2 minutes and 44 seconds. Those speeds may sound too good to be true, which could be because there are still many websites that can’t support download speeds that fast. Impressive nonetheless.
News Source: Gigaom
As I just read you can also break your cell phone contract for free at Verizon because their SMS price raise. It’s a good day to be a Verizon customer.
Which one is the typo, the 5 or the 30?
I have Insight Broadband and it offers 10 Mbps down and 768 Kbps up. I’m happy with these speeds. I can’t imagine 50 Mbps.
Thanks for pointing out my typo
And I agree, I can’t imagine 50 Mbps!
I live in Madison, WI and talked with a friend of a friend about how they liked the new Verizon FIOS service they got…from what they told me they love the 15 Mbps package they got, for $50 a month, much better than the monopolistic, price-gouging, manipulative, scammers that Charter Communications is.
I am currently paying 70 bucks in a “packaged deal” from them for my 3Mbps/256Kbps connection…a service that over the past 2 months has had an average of 10-20 signal drops per day. A problem that has caused me to start working on a lawsuit against them with the second best lawyer in my state, to make them pay for holding a monopoly, violating FCC regulations, price-gouging, and all around horrible (or lack of) service they give.
Thankfully just a couple days ago, Verizon DSL now reaches my location, and I will be using their service for the next several months until I get myself an apartment in downtown Madison where I can get Verizon FIOS service. I’ll let you guys know what I think of it myself when I move into a downtown Madison apartment.
I wish they would install FIOS in my area
Fuc*|ng Fios RULES! Can’t wait for even faster speeds! Its becoming cheaper then T1 on OC256
“$179 is what they currently charge for 30 Mbps”
Haaa. Wow, do I feel special with my 30 mbps down and 5 mbps up, that I only pay $55 a month for. Yep, not kidding. Boy do I love my cable company.
If don’t believe me see for yourself. $45 a month for 15 n 2, $10 more for 30 n 5.
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Wow, I’ve never heard of a cable company offering those kind of speeds before, especially for that price! You’re definitely lucky!
Rhode Island?