# Good new for Fios customers **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 24, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-new-for-fios-customers/274643 "2017-04-24T12:10:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-new-for-fios-customers/274643/1 "2017-04-24T12:10:13Z")
Verizon will be rolling out gigabit internet to markets for $70 (not sure when Buffalo will get it) but it sounds they will be phasing out the older speed tiers. For people like me who have had it for numerous years it will likely require a ONT upgrade and if you are still using Coax from the ONT you will have to switch to CAT5/6 ethernet from the ONT. > **[Verizon’s $70 gigabit Internet is half the price of older 750Mbps tier](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/verizons-70-gigabit-internet-is-half-the-price-of-older-750mbps-tier/)** > > FiOS customers on 750Mbps plan will get speed boost and automatic price cut. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-new-for-fios-customers/274643/2 "2017-04-24T12:35:25Z")
Already running full gigabit lan at my house and my ONT has been hooked up via ethernet for years. They haven’t touched my ONT since it was installed like a decade ago though so I’m sure it will need an update. ---
**Author:** ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-new-for-fios-customers/274643/3 "2017-04-24T12:40:30Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Already running full gigabit lan at my house and my ONT has been hooked up via ethernet for years. They haven’t touched my ONT since it was installed like a decade ago though so I’m sure it will need an update. The older white ONT’s only had a 10/100 ethernet port. ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-new-for-fios-customers/274643/4 "2017-04-24T14:50:20Z")
Would this be visible on my Verizon website yet if it was available, or is this news that “it’s coming”? I’m seeing 500Mbps as my max speed on the website for $249/mo. still. No 750Mbps as the article mentions. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-new-for-fios-customers/274643/5 "2017-04-24T15:15:17Z")
Not in Buffalo right now, only the cities they have listed. Seems like every plan between 50/50 and 1GB is going away if/when it does come. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-new-for-fios-customers/274643/6 "2017-04-25T13:52:14Z")
Is there a search on the site where I can tell what areas of WNY have Fios? Buying a house and need to drop shitty TW. ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-new-for-fios-customers/274643/7 "2017-04-26T13:23:16Z")
Interesting, as I write my $70 monthly check to Spectrum in Texas for 100/10 service. ---
**Author:** ![maxwell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maxwell/32/6524_2.png) [@maxwell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maxwell)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-new-for-fios-customers/274643/8 "2017-04-26T13:34:42Z")
> [@JustinH](#): > > Interesting, as I write my $70 monthly check to Spectrum in Texas for 100/10 service. What’s interesting is that you still write fucking checks to pay utilities! I’m actually impressed. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-new-for-fios-customers/274643/9 "2017-04-27T04:39:19Z")
I assume they will look at this by market where they have competition the same way Timewarner/spectrum offered really high speeds where Google fiber was? ---
**Author:** ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-new-for-fios-customers/274643/10 "2017-05-08T11:50:27Z")
Well they already cocked up the rollout of this, which doesn’t surprise me as that is one of VZ’s biggest problems. If you are existing sub expect to get screwed on pricing. > **[Verizon’s gigabit upgrade pricing still makes almost no sense](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/verizons-weird-fios-gigabit-upgrade-prices-range-from-67-to-148/)** > > New customers pay $70, but existing customers could pay twice as much.