Verizon ups FiOS Internet speeds everywhere!
June 22nd, 2009, 9:44 am · 9 Comments · posted by Tamara Chuang, a.k.a. The Gadgetress
As part of a very East-Coast-centric news conference, TV and Internet company Verizon FiOS offered Orange County and its fellow FiOS-ians nationwide a nice jump in speed for entry and mid-level plans.
Entry level speeds will double to 15 megabits per second downstream and 5 Mbps upstream. With a one-year committment, the price is $44.99; for month to month, it’s $54.99. The bundled price, with options to add TV and phone service, starts at $109.99.
Mid-tier speeds will jump to 25 Mbps download and 15 Mbps upstream. Prices go up to $64.99 for an annual committment and to $72.99 for month to month. The bundled prices start at $119.99.
But for existing Verizon FiOS customers to get these speeds, they need to ASK! It’s not an automatic upgrade.
For folks in Downstate New York, entry speeds jump to 25 Mbps down and 15 Mbps up. Mid-tier speeds jump to 35 Mbps down, 20 Mbps up.
Pricing varies by area, the company said, but three-tier service packages (phone, TV, Internet) start at $99.99. Verizon said it will also toss in a free Compaq Mini netbook computer or UltraFlip camcorder for customers of its three-piece bundled deal.
See the details HERE: Verizon’s press release.
So the 100-mbps downstream speeds weren’t announced and it’s unlikely they will this year.
Said a Verizon spokesman at the press conference: “We’re really not seeing a demand for 100 Mbps service now. … As the market develops we’ll look at increasing the speeds but do so in an affordable manner.”
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Fios sure sounds like a great service, too bad that Verizon only offers the service to just a few of their customers. They won’t even offer DSL in our area. Verizon is a joke in our town!
i totally agree with you verizon sucktoid big time
Thanks for the update for Fios. Keep it coming !!
In Anaheim Hills we’re stuck with AT&T U-Verse or TWC. U-Verse offers better Internet speeds than TWC, but nothing close to verizon FiOS. Just one of the problems with an industry that has essentially eliminated competition and locked most consumers into choosing between bad or worse.
Thanks for the upgrade COX , ohh oops my bad, i mean thanx for terrible service.
Too bad “everywhere” is barely anywhere at all.
Most people are seeing 25/25 speeds out of the 25/15 plan. This is rumored to be a soft launch for a 25/25 speed tier that will be announced in August. I think I also read this will be the “basic” internet plan, or 1 up from it. My “downgrade” (I’m on 20/20) will go into effect tomorrow…
Please note most of the above info was gathered at broadbandreports.com (also known as dslreports.com)
Verizon really ticks me off because they have done the FIOS installation at my next door neighbor’s home which is ten feet from mine, but they tell me that it is not available in my area. I even talked to the installer who sain he was installing the whole package. He said the wires are in and there should be no reason I can’t subscribe, but for some incoherent reason, Verizon continually tells me that I cannot get it . Verizon blows it again.
K Maylone — Send me an e-mail (thegadgetress@ocregister.com) with your address and I’ll check it out. I’ve heard this problem before and sometimes it’s easily resolved — but not by going through customer service (!!)