Verizon Makes All FiOS Tiers Symmetrical

Verizon's shaking things up by making all of the company's FiOS broadband tiers symmetrical, bringing upstream speeds in line with downstream offerings. When Verizon FiOS originally came out the company's fiber-based offering was the cream of the crop, though Verizon has dulled their market-leading edge in recent years with a seemingly endless series of rate hikes and annoying fees. Now users in our forums not Verizon's shaking things up by boosting upstream speeds so that all tiers offer symmetrical bandwidth.

The changes are already being reflected over at the FiOS website

The company's 15/5 tier is now symmetrical 25 Mbps; 50/25 is now symmetrical 50 Mbps; 75/35 is now symmetrical 75 Mbps; 150/65 is now symmetrical 150 Mbps; 300/65 is now symmetrical 300 Mbps, and 500/100 is now symmetrical 500 Mbps.

Oddly, while symmetrical 25 Mbps will be Verizon's base tier for new users, existing 15/5 Mbps customers will be bumped to only symmetrical 15 Mbps. The free upgrades are aimed squarely at cable companies, who despite DOCSIS 3.0 improvements often continue to lag when it comes to upstream speed.

Verizon states that if you aren't seeing the upgrades now, you will in the coming months. "Customer upgrades to equalized download and upload speeds will continue throughout the fall, starting with customers enrolled in My Rewards+ or who join the program now," notes the company.

You can find the full details in Verizon's news release