LAS VEGAS - Beginning next week, Verizon will make available to more than 10 million homes and businesses the nation’s fastest consumer broadband connections, with download speeds up to 50 megabits per second (Mbps) and upload speeds up to 20 Mbps.
In remarks prepared for delivery today at the NXTcomm conference here, Verizon President and Chief Operating Officer Denny Strigl announced that the company is expanding its industry-leading 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.
Only Verizon delivers ultra-high-speed broadband straight to customers’ homes over the nation’s most advanced fiber-optic network. Although the network already reaches 10 million homes and business, it will reach more than 18 million by 2010.
“The Verizon network is delivering broadband speeds that are unmatched by any competitor,” Strigl said. “As our customers shoot and send their own photos and movies, work at home more often, and expand their home networks, they love the faster speeds FiOS delivers.”
Verizon had already offered the 50/20 Mbps and 20/20 Mbps services in its FiOS markets in Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. The company is now expanding those offerings to new Verizon FiOS customers in parts of California, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Washington, replacing existing offerings of 30/15 Mbps and 15/15 Mbps services, respectively.
The mid-tier connection speed in those markets for new customers is being increased from 15/2 Mbps to 20/5 Mbps, and the basic service tier is being increased from 5/2 Mbps to 10/2 Mbps. Existing FiOS Internet customers who are interested in the new speed options can call Verizon for information about the new plans.
Strigl said in his remarks, “The appetite for bandwidth shows no signs of slowing down. Neither will we. We’ve already had successful trials of the 100-megabit home, which will be a reality faster than anybody thinks.”
wow…fios needs to get in my area immediately
:lol: @ 100meg homes lines
even the 15/2 is still faster than anything roadrunner has, but fuck 50/20,id be able to dl a 8 gig movie in 15 minutes lol
botnet heaven
haha botnet works well on cable too 
ya but a 100 mbit pipe… thats one hell of a dos
I <3 my 100meg connection
ya but a 100 mbit pipe… thats one hell of a dos
lol too much for a simple IRC takeover?
this will be great for torrents…
1-1 downloads meh
even better for NGs where u dont have to count on other idiots to get your speeds up.
i think im the only fool on my street that hasnt switched to fios looking at the wireless routers secured 
around my house.
just sticking with TW for my HD 2, 4 & 7.
anyone have the Fios 20/5 and whats your monthly bill after all of verizons fees/ taxes and surcharges?
i hate verizon’s extra fees n shit. at least on my phone.
they raised the prices alot, it used to be dirt cheap, now its alot more, and even more so if you dont have a verizon phone, but its still cheaper than TW
Fios in 14221 hasn’t even been put in yet. It’s BS. They gave fios to vegas before williamsville…
Fuckers. Still not available at my shop (SE corner of the airport) or my home (town of Lockport near the drive-in). I bet either place is at least another year out.
I lived in 14221 they have had FiOS for a 4+ months now…
I talked to a Verizon engineer that I know and he said EA is not even in the plans so it will be 3 years or more before we get it.
I will wait, I am not paying $2600 for cable when it will just be outdated in a few years.
Dammit, too bad they’re blocking all the fun parts of usenet. How am I supposed to fill a 20/5 pipe now?
whos blocking usenet?
The usenet you can not longer get to on Verizon?