Verizon Plants FiOS in AT&T's Backyard

[riffjim4069]

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Verizon Communications Inc. is preparing to offer its FiOS fiber-to-the-home services to an entirely new set of customers in North Texas by the end of February, Light Reading has learned. This rare occurrence where a telco goes outside its traditional phone network will put Verizon's FiOS in a head-to-head battle with AT&T Inc.'s U-verse in some neighborhoods.

Is this a change in strategy for Verizon? Is it an affront to AT&T on the carrier's home turf? Is this an early sign of the Apocalypse? None of the above, actually. This will, however, be great theater for a world of broadband watchers.

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FiOS and U-verse are as fundamentally different as the companies that offer them. Heavy Reading analyst Adi Kishore says this tiny Texas cage match won't make a difference on a national scale, but it will be interesting because of the two telco TV approaches being compared. "We just don't have a competitive unbundled consumer telecom environment in the US, so this is the only way the two big boys can have it out," he writes in an email to Light Reading.

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[awcdish]

So there's a chance Fios might come to the Bay Area some distant day in the future? Hopefully!

 

[riffjim4069]

With exception of the DVR, FiOS TV and broadband are superior to U-Verse...phone service is a wash. Even so, I don't think Verizon wants to battle AT&T on a larger scale...the returns are not worth the investment in most cases.

 

[riffjim4069]

So there's a chance Fios might come to the Bay Area some distant day in the future? Hopefully!

I think you'll see Verizon move into a select few "desirable" markets that are in close proximity to existing networks, but they certainly aren't going to make a major push into new areas.

 

[VinceT3]

Tell them come to south florida.. $$$$$$$ Palm Beach County $$$$$$$$ Broward County $$$$$$$ Dade County $$$$$$$$

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