Phasing out traditional phone service is easier said than done, as Verizon’s decision to bring FiOS fiber optics to Fire Island, announced yesterday, illustrates. When Verizon’s traditional copper phone wiring on part of New York’s Fire Island was severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy last year,...Learn More

Cable and now satellite subscriber numbers may be declining, but Americans continue to sign up for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), the only segment of the U.S. pay-TV market to experience growth in this year’s second quarter, according to IHS. A net 398,000 new subscribers signed...Learn More

Just a few weeks after building a case for why cable companies will dominate the broadband market,  Moffett Research today noted some exceptions to that prediction. Cable companies that compete with Verizon’s FiOS offering will face “competition for market share” that will be “perennially more...Learn More

All the talk of late about Gigabit networks hasn’t fazed Verizon, well at least not entirely. Big Red hasn’t decided to match Google and others with a 1 Gbps speed tier yet, but they are going at least half way. Verizon announced a new FiOS...Learn More

LONG BEACH, CA – April 4, 2013 — Southern Californians are firmly in the Internet fast lane with Verizon’s FiOS Quantum Internet service, and the company is spreading the word through the FiOS SoCal Experience, which will support local community causes and reward people’s creativity. ...Learn More

Verizon is out with a new promotion this week that allows existing FiOS Internet customers to upgrade to the entry level Quantum FiOS tier of 50/25 Mbps for an additional $10/month. Verizon is using the promotion to leverage trends in the market by offering a...Learn More

Customers of Cablevision, Comcast, Verizon FiOS and ViaSat/Exede routinely receive higher broadband upload and download speeds during peak usage periods than what their service provider advertises, according to a report released today from the Federal Communications Commission. The report, based on data collected by the...Learn More

Verizon and Samsung announced an expansion of the FiOS TV line-up on the Samsung Smart Hub platform, which powers Samsung’s smart TVs and Blu-ray players. Verizon customers who subscribe to both FiOS TV and FiOS Internet can now access 75 channels of TV and gain...Learn More

At CES 2013, Verizon Communications showed off a variety of updates for its FiOS TV service, as well as a demonstration of the forthcoming Redbox Instant service from the Verizon-Coinstar joint venture.  Verizon is championing a theme it calls the ‘Borderless Lifestyle’, to bring video...Learn More

Redbox Instant by Verizon is the new OTT video joint venture between Verizon and Coinstar (parent company of Redbox). The venture was announced back in February of this year and was immediately seen as an answer to the growing success and influence of Netflix. Today,...Learn More

Owners of LG Smart TVs and Blu-Ray players will soon be able to access up to 75 channels of video from their FiOS TV subscription, provided they also subscribe to FiOS Internet. The new FiOS TV app will also offer VOD titles from Verizon’s Flex...Learn More

NBC Universal announced a new deal with Verizon to bring their content portfolio to Verizon FiOS TV customers across multiple platforms, including live and on demand TV. The pact is scheduled to begin early next year and illustrates the evolving nature of the subscription video...Learn More