Verizon intros FiOS Quantum, officially priced up to 300Mbps

From ENG



Verizon Combines Insane Internet Speeds With Sensible Value in New
FiOS Bundles

Introduces New Ultra-High-Performance 'FiOS Quantum' Service,
Up to 300 Mbps, to Meet Demand for Maximum Speed and Reliability

NEW YORK – Verizon residential consumers can now order the company's
fastest-ever FiOS Internet service, which features heightened
flexibility for consumers to order personalized bundles to match their
lifestyles.
The new speeds, available in a range of double- and triple-play
bundles, plus stand-alone service, offer significant choices for
consumers to meet their rapidly expanding needs for online
entertainment, news, information communications and e-commerce. These
needs have generated a rising demand for faster home broadband
service.
"A revolution in speed has arrived," said Bob Mudge,
president of Verizon's consumer and mass market business unit.
"The new FiOS Internet speed and bundle options provide
incredible value, and represent the most significant mass scale,
consumer broadband speed enhancement in the nation in the past
decade."
The new FiOS Internet tiers containing the highest speeds are named
FiOS Quantum and feature upload/download speeds of 50/25, 75/35,
150/65 and 300/65 megabits per second (Mbps). Three of those speeds ¬¬
75/35, 150/65 and 300/65 -- are twice as fast as those previously
offered.1 In addition, Verizon will continue to offer its entry-level
speed of 15/5 Mbps.
The two highest downstream speed offers – 150 and 300 Mbps – and the
new 65 Mbps upstream speed are by a wide margin the nation's fastest,
mass scale residential Internet speeds available. By contrast, the
fastest Internet speeds offered by cable-company challengers top out
at 105 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps upstream. (This FiOS Internet speed
grid shows specific examples of the benefits of faster downstream and
upstream speeds.)
Existing FiOS customers can upgrade to the new bundles and enjoy the
faster speeds anytime, with no upgrade fee.2 While the majority of
existing FiOS customers will pay $10 to $15 more per month to double
or triple their Internet speed, they may be able to adjust their FiOS
TV tiers as desired and pay roughly the same monthly total that they
pay now.
"Consumers will receive great value from the FiOS Quantum speeds
and our customizable bundles," said Mike Ritter, chief marketing
officer for Verizon's consumer and mass market business unit. "As
consumers stream and watch more movies, sports and shows in their
homes on devices other than traditional TVs, such as smartphones,
tablets, gaming consoles, smart TVs and Blu-ray players, they need
faster broadband to enhance their experience."
Flexible Bundle Options Give Prospective Consumers Greater Choice
For new customers, prices of triple-play bundles of 15/5 Mbps FiOS
Internet, FiOS TV and FiOS Digital Voice unlimited calling will range
from $99.99 to $144.99 per month, depending upon which FiOS TV package
is ordered. The packages are: Prime, with more than 200 channels and
more than 50 HD channels; Extreme, with more than 290 channels and
more than 70 HD channels; and Ultimate, with more than 380 channels
plus premium movie channels, and more than 110 HD channels).
Double-play bundles of the 15/5 Mbps FiOS Internet and FiOS TV range
from $84.99 to $129.99 per month. Stand-alone 15/5 Mbps service costs
$69.99 per month on a month-to-month basis, and $64.99 per month with
a two-year contract.
Triple-play bundles of the 50/25 Mbps speed range from $109.99 to
$149.99 per month for new customers. Double-play bundles with FiOS TV
range from $94.99 to $134.99 per month. The stand-alone version costs
$79.99 per month on a month-to-month basis, and $74.99 with a two-year
contract.
Triple-play bundles of the new 75/35 Mbps speed range from $114.99 to
$154.99 per month for new subscribers. Double-play bundles with FiOS
TV range from $99.99 to $139.99 per month. The stand-alone costs
$89.99 per month on a month-to-month basis, and $84.99 with a two-year
contract.
Triple-play bundles of 150/65 Mbps speed range from $169.99 to $174.99
per month for new FiOS customers. Double-play bundles with FiOS TV
range from $154.99 to $159.99 per month. The stand-alone costs $99.99
per month on a month-to-month basis, and $94.99 with a two-year
contract.
The new 300/65 Mbps tier, offered as a stand-alone only, costs $209.99
per month on a month-to-month basis, and $204.99 with a two-year
contract.3
The FiOS Quantum speed tiers in particular will help consumers enjoy
connecting to desired content anytime and anywhere, said Ritter. The
fastest speeds will also help consumers take advantage of the rise in
bandwidth-intensive activities, the increased number of
Internet-connected devices being used simultaneously under the same
roof and the growing popularity of watching over-the-top video
programming.

MummyChunk wrote on [Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:40:26 -0500]:
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and none of it is cellular, so irrelevant to this group