FiOS

Verizon's Worrisome Cable Deals

Stevie Converse — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:12:47 -0500

Full article: New York Times
As regulators moved to block the AT&T deal, Verizon Wireless was buying big chunks of spectrum from the nation’s largest cable carriers and signing agreements with them to sell each other’s services to consumers around the country. The potential for these agreements to curtail competition in both wireless and wireline industries is troubling, and should be examined by the Justice Department and the FCC.

Does Verizon Cable Deal Spell Death of FiOS Expansion?

Stevie Converse — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:57:00 -0500

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
Verizon's spectrum deal will allow cable operators to offer a compelling quadruple play, without having to worry about the one thing that has driven what passes for competition in their makets the last decade: FiOS. Such a wink-and-handshake noncompete clause warrants investigation. But given the FCC's total disinterest in seriously promoting real landline broadband competition -- consumer advocates probably shouldn't hold their breath.

Verizon Tests Near-Gigabit Speeds in Massachusetts

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:50:34 -0400

Full article: GigaOM
Stacey Higginbotham
Verizon delivered broadband speeds of almost 1 gigabit per second to a customer in Taunton, Mass. in June as part of tests of its FiOS fiber-to-the-home network.

Time Warner Cable Plans Ad Campaign Against FiOS

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:46:28 -0400

Full article: Wall Street Journal
Shira Ovide
As summer heats up, so are the television wars. Time Warner Cable is planning an advertisement slamming rival TV-service provider Verizon's FiOS, which in recent days took out its own ads aimed at poaching Time Warner Cable customers on the basis that they may have their Disney shows blacked out in a contract impasse.

Alexandria Left Out of Verizon Fios Deployment

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:38:00 -0500

Full article: Washington Business Journal
Bryant Ruiz Switzky
The city of Alexandria, Va., has been indefinitely shut out of Verizon's popular Fios television and Internet network, as the company has stopped expansion nationwide of the franchise agreements that allow it to install its fiber-optic network.

Verizon to Hike Fios Termination Fee

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:25:36 -0500

Full article: CNet
Marguerite Reardon
Verizon Communications is reportedly jacking up its early termination fee for its Fios TV service. The company plans to double the fee to $360 from the $179 it currently charges customers for canceling their service early.

Verizon to Pay New Jersey $795,000 to Settle FiOS Marketing Suit

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:20:14 -0500

Full article: Multichannel News
Todd Spangler
Verizon will pay New Jersey $795,000 to settle the state's lawsuit alleging the telco used "deceptive and misleading" marketing, sales, billing and customer-service practices related to its FiOS services. The telco also will provide $50 gift cards to the 1,160 customers who complained to the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs.

Boston, 'a Copper Hole in the Fiber Donut,' Demands FiOS

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:44:44 -0400

Full article: Ars Technica
Verizon is currently wiring up New York City with fiber optic cables, but Boston mayor Thomas Menino wants to know why FiOS isn't coming to his city anytime soon. Menino has a theory, one that he recently aired during a radio interview: Verizon is retaliating.

Is Verizon FiOS Putting the Hurt on Cable

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:42:39 -0400

Full article: GigaOM
Stacey Higginbotham
Verizon reported second-quarter results and saw revenue rise while profits fell. But those of us who care about the fate of broadband should note that the carrier is ramping up its fiber-to-the-home triple play -- and likely stealing customers from cable providers.

Time for More Access

Stevie Converse — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:39:55 -0400

Full article: Multichannel News
Kent Gibbons
Cablevision's refusal to sell the HD versions of its regional sports networks in New York to Verizon could be an issue that seals the case for eliminating the loophole that lets cable companies withhold some of its programming to competitors, avoiding program-access rules established by Congress that helped make satellite TV and telco TV businesses possible.