Verizon Introduces 500 Mbps FiOS Verizon today took the speed marketing battle up a notch by introducing a new 500 Mbps FiOS tier. While I've yet to see an official announcement for the faster tier, the company's website now lists the option, though it fails to offer any pricing for the new tier. One of our forum users had to go to rather amusing lengths with a customer support representative just to find out the 500 Mbps downstream, 100 Mbps upstream service costs $300 (with two year contract).

quote: While these speeds may not be standard for most (today!) let’s look at the bigger picture: the evolution of technology and the importance of broadband. The average U.S. household currently owns 7 internet connected devices, according to The NPD Group and that number will only continue to grow. By 2022, the average household with two teenage children will own roughly 50 Internet-connected devices, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. That's quite a shift from a few years back, when Verizon called even 101 Mbps nothing more than a " Verizon has the luxury of knowing that Google Fiber will likely never show up in FiOS areas , so they obviously don't have to price match Google's $70 price point for symmetrical 1 Gbps services. Still, it's a kick to the digital posterior for Cablevision, who last week made waves by streamlining and boosting their speed tiers , which top out at 101 Mbps. Amusingly, while most bigger ISPs are current trying to convince the public they don't need 1 Gbps services like Google Fiber (a tactic intended to distract you from the fact their much slower connections are often much more expensive), the Verizon website tries to embrace the customer need for 500 Mbps by arguing that all the gadgets you're connecting to the network will make those kinds of speeds commonplace:That's quite a shift from a few years back, when Verizon called even 101 Mbps nothing more than a " parlor trick " and marketing gimmick. It's also a shift from Verizon's recent focus on increasing FiOS prices much faster than increasing broadband speeds. In a video , Verizon insists that their latest 500 Mbps offer proves that they're holding up the promise that the FiOS network would be "future proof."







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