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As the nation’s premier broadband and entertainment provider,
Verizon leads the way in delivering ultra-fast broadband using
fiber-optic technology. Other companies claim to use fiber, but
only Verizon FiOS delivers 100% fiber-optics – providing virtually
unmatched bandwidth – on hair-thin strands of glass directly to
our customers’ homes. Our all-fiber network offers an extraordinary
experience in TV, Internet and phone, and provides immense
capacity that will meet our customers’ bandwidth needs well into
the future.
Cable companies deliver their broadband and TV services
over coaxial cable, which has a fraction of the bandwidth available
on our all-fiber network. In addition, cable customers share
their broadband with other subscribers in their neighborhood,
causing users to compete for available bandwidth during periods
of high usage.
Verizon’s advanced technology and superior services have
made FiOS the top-rated broadband service in America. Thanks
to its unique architecture, Verizon’s all-fiber network has virtually
unlimited capacity, which delivers faster two-way speeds and bet-
ter picture quality than cable companies can offer. Our FiOS TV and
Internet services don’t have to struggle for bandwidth, because
they’re delivered over separate high-capacity wavelengths of light.
With the immense bandwidth of fiber, we can offer more HD chan-
nels than any cable provider, and our uncompressed HD signal
guarantees pure HD picture and sound.
But as recent history has shown, the amount of bandwidth that
people use today is far less than they will want tomorrow. This is
good news for Verizon because bandwidth growth is what makes
FiOS so appealing. Our fiber network can be easily expanded to
provide additional capacity by simply upgrading the lasers on the
end points of the fiber cable. We avoid the labor-intensive costs of
replacing our infrastructure, and we can grow as our customers’
broadband needs evolve, providing superior service and an efficient
return on our network investment for years to come.
FiOS TV – the Future of Television
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