Comments on: For Verizon, Fiber (FiOS) is the story

By: I Want My FiOS!!!

I Want My FiOS!!! — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:12:01 +0000

I WANT FiOS!!! I am really sad, I live near the DC area, and my friend who lives about half a mile away from me had FiOS for 1 or 2 years, but it is not available in my area. Why? Why, must the world be so cruel??? I want my FiOS!!!

By: Andy Wendt

Andy Wendt — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:58:23 +0000

China is heavy on fiber because they have very little old infrastructure in their way.

By: GigaOM Who’s afraid of FiOS? «

GigaOM Who’s afraid of FiOS? « — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:24:12 +0000

[...] see double-digit penetration gains in markets where it launches FiOS TV service.” No wonder Verizon is so bullish on FiOS and is betting the farm on the fiber. Share This | Sphere | Print Posts | Topic: Broadband [...]

By: Zatz Not Funny!»Blog Archive » Verizon’s Lost Suscribers

Zatz Not Funny!»Blog Archive » Verizon’s Lost Suscribers — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:19:35 +0000

[...] up 85,000 DSL users in the second quarter, down from 329,000 a year ago. Some of that loss is due to the popularity of FiOS, but not all of it. So where have the DSL users gone? Where FiOS isn’t available, I would [...]

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:49:39 +0000

FiOS is beautiful. I love it. Can’t complain, many times faster than DSL – even beats a T1 in many aspects.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:36:19 +0000

Customers don’t want FIOS specifically — they just want whatever is fastest. Right now, that happens to be FIOS.

By: Brian Blank

Brian Blank — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:01:15 +0000

Well it’s great to see headway in fiber deployments. With the availability of fiber...I would wonder why one would opt for copper? Unless the pricing plans are dramatically different, I would definitely opt for fiber.

With competition for your broadband dollars through the availability of cable, DSL, fiber or WiMAX in most areas, the costs should be relatively close.

The battle is who's going to drop the dime for the fiber deployments? The carriers don't want to spend all the money on infrastructure only to have their pipes opened up to competitors.

I can't see anything in the immediate future that will spike US deployments of FTTH to the levels of China or Japan. With that said, I'd love to have FTTH available in my area!

By: Will

Will — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:42:55 +0000

I live in Maryland and have had Verizon FiOS for quite some time. When the fiber lines were installed, all the old DSL ones were removed.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:21:40 +0000

In NJ, once FiOS is available in an area, Verizon no longer makes DSL an option for customers. DSL is mostly copper based and Verizon wants out of the copper business in the long run. FiOS is a good product, but as far as choice goes, most customers have none between FiOS and DSL!

By: Adrian keys

Adrian keys — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:05:56 +0000

Very surprized to see the China returns…impressive indeed.

The US number no doubt stifled by selfish politics that won’t disappear anytime soon…a great pity…

By: Tom Coseven

Tom Coseven — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:06:27 +0000

Om, your numbers don't add up. 1.1M FiOS today. FiOS less than 1% of global FTTH today. 57M global fiber by 2010.

Maybe your last paragraph is not FTTH, but FTTP. Fiber to the building numbers are very bad (they really don't know what's happening inside the building). They often multiply by all the individual residents (or living units) in the apartment complex.

By: Raymond Padilla

Raymond Padilla — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:21:59 +0000

I’d maim for FiOS. Too bad it doesn’t look like it’s coming to SF any time soon (please tell me if I’m wrong).