FYI...my Verizon Exec neighbor has had 100 mbps in his home for the 2-years...wondering when Verizon will make 100 mbps available/affordable since I can always get Comcast 30 mbps for around $50.
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Taking a further step toward enabling the ultra-broadband connected home, Verizon Communications Inc. said this week that it has completed a customer field trial for FiOS in which it delivered close to 1gbps bandwidth to the premises. The trial was done using a gigabit passive optical network (GPON), which, if commercialized, will better support services such as 3DTV, ultra HDTV, multiplayer gaming and HD video conferencing.
The 1gbps service also will benefit business customers wanting to transfer large files, and can be used to boost wireless backhaul capacity in the middle mile.
The trial itself was done in a real-world setting, connecting an existing FiOS business customer to a local server in Taunton, Mass., as well as to a facility located 400 miles away. The existing live FiOS service was left untouched and ran in tandem with the trial; it showed no degradation for voice, video or data as a full 925mbps was recorded over GPON to the local server. The ILEC also recorded more than 800mbps to the remote server.
Verizon offers 50mbps to customers today, with a 100mbps service in the works. Verizon finds itself in a bit of a speed race with cable competitors like Cablevision Systems and Comcast Corp., which offer 100mbps over their DOCSIS 3.0 all-IP networks. While there is little call for a full 1gbps to the home today – some would call it overkill – the coming opportunities for video might in the future merit such an upgrade. Also, a 1gbps service might prove prohibitively expensive for the residential market, making it more of a business niche offer. Verizon’s 50mbps residential service already costs $140 per month as part of a triple play and $145 standalone, a necessity to make it’s ROI on the costly $23 billion fiber-to-the-home network upgrade.
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Taking a further step toward enabling the ultra-broadband connected home, Verizon Communications Inc. said this week that it has completed a customer field trial for FiOS in which it delivered close to 1gbps bandwidth to the premises. The trial was done using a gigabit passive optical network (GPON), which, if commercialized, will better support services such as 3DTV, ultra HDTV, multiplayer gaming and HD video conferencing.
The 1gbps service also will benefit business customers wanting to transfer large files, and can be used to boost wireless backhaul capacity in the middle mile.
The trial itself was done in a real-world setting, connecting an existing FiOS business customer to a local server in Taunton, Mass., as well as to a facility located 400 miles away. The existing live FiOS service was left untouched and ran in tandem with the trial; it showed no degradation for voice, video or data as a full 925mbps was recorded over GPON to the local server. The ILEC also recorded more than 800mbps to the remote server.
Verizon offers 50mbps to customers today, with a 100mbps service in the works. Verizon finds itself in a bit of a speed race with cable competitors like Cablevision Systems and Comcast Corp., which offer 100mbps over their DOCSIS 3.0 all-IP networks. While there is little call for a full 1gbps to the home today – some would call it overkill – the coming opportunities for video might in the future merit such an upgrade. Also, a 1gbps service might prove prohibitively expensive for the residential market, making it more of a business niche offer. Verizon’s 50mbps residential service already costs $140 per month as part of a triple play and $145 standalone, a necessity to make it’s ROI on the costly $23 billion fiber-to-the-home network upgrade.
