BOSTON, Dec. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon today
announced the first availability of Fios Internet, TV and phone
services in several Boston
neighborhoods, which residents can order by visiting
www.verizon.com/BostonFios.
Fios is debuting just eight months after the company outlined a
$300 million investment to build a fiber-optic network platform
across Boston over the next six
years. Capable of powering wired broadband, advanced wireless
services, smart community solutions and future innovation,
Verizon's new 100% fiber-optic network platform will transform
Boston's technology infrastructure
and bring competition and new choices to residents and
businesses.
Beginning today Fios Internet, TV and phone are available to
order in parts of Dorchester,
Roslindale and West Roxbury. Residents in these first
neighborhoods can visit www.verizon.com/BostonFios to check Fios
availability at their specific address.
As previously announced, Verizon also plans to bring Fios
Internet, TV and phone service to Roxbury's Dudley Square Innovation District
before year's end. Expansion will continue street-by-street,
week-by-week, in Dorchester,
Roslindale, West Roxbury and parts of Roxbury in 2017.
View from Verizon
"Just eight months ago we announced that Fios was coming," said
Ken Dixon, leader of Verizon's
consumer landline business. "This speedy launch is only possible
because of the cooperation and partnership between the City of Boston and Verizon at every level. The
winners are Boston residents."
Since April's announcement Verizon has placed more than 160
miles of fiber-optic wiring throughout Boston including
large-capacity 'feeder' lines above and underneath city streets to
prepare for eventually connecting fiber-optic lines directly to
homes and businesses that order Fios service.
"Beginning today Verizon brings Fios, competition and choice to
the first neighborhoods of Boston," Dixon said. "By the end of December,
more than 25,000 addresses will be able to order Fios. Unlike
cable, Fios provides a 100% fiber-optic network to your home or
business."
Fios is not cable…We are wired differently.
Verizon Fios uses a 100% fiber-optic network that provides equal
upload and download speeds of up to 500 Mbps, making it the fastest
internet and Wi-Fi available+. With innovative Fios TV
service, customers can enjoy crystal-clear HD picture
quality. Fios Triple Play bundles, featuring 150/150 Mbps
internet, Custom TV and phone begin at $79.99* per month online.
Fios is the most awarded network for internet speed and customer
satisfaction over the past 10 years. Fios Internet is rated highest
in customer satisfaction in the East Region by J.D. Power four
years running, and rated #1 in Internet Speed for 10 years running
by PC Magazine.
Fiber-optics helping Boston's streets get smarter
In November Verizon and the
City of Boston reached an
agreement to conduct a trial of smart communities solutions at the
intersection of Mass Ave & Beacon Street. Construction is
currently underway to install new traffic signals, lighting and
video solutions which, for the first time, will work together to
provide integrated data to city planners and engineers via
Verizon's fiber-optic network. This 'proof-of-concept' pilot is
expected to become operational later this year and is designed to
help the City better inform and engage with its constituents.
Verizon's continued commitment to Boston
Verizon has made a commitment to donate $100,000 to Boston Public Library in support of a
new Wi-Fi Hotspot Lending program. The two-year pilot focuses on
making 100 hotspots available to library patrons, increasing access
to the Internet and other online services. This grant to BPL is in
addition to more than $200,000 that
Verizon invested in Boston-area
schools and non-profits in 2016 supporting STEM (science,
technology, engineering and math) education, including:
- The Community Academy of Science and Health,
Boston Adult Technical Academy, and Urban Science
Academy - to host the Verizon Innovative Design Thinking
Academy which trains high school teachers to engage students to
develop mobile apps or websites for small businesses and community
nonprofits
- The Boston Private Industry Council - towards
'Classroom in the Workplace' which expands STEM career
awareness and academic programming for Boston public high school students
- The Roxbury Innovation Center/Venture Café - to further
youth entrepreneurship and STEM programs for children ages 7 – 17
living in Boston Public Housing
- Camp Harborview's Knowledge Is Power - curriculum which
includes environmental science, healthy lifestyles, STEM and career
education to summer campers in grades K – 10
- Boston Partners in Education - to fund development of a
world-class STEM education for 300 students at the Dearborn STEM
Academy in Dorchester
- Generations Inc. - supporting twelve highly-trained
tutors within the Lyndon K-8 School in West Roxbury to provide support to all K-2nd
grade students
More information regarding the start of Verizon's fiber-optic
network build across Boston is
available at www.verizon.com/BostonFios. Explore the start of
Verizon's fiber-optic network platform in Boston in this video, Wiring Boston for the future, at
https://youtu.be/33HdgGLQJ6g.
+Symmetrical speed options available up to 500/500
Mbps. Fastest Wi-Fi is based on internet speed plans and maximum
router throughput available.
*Pricing for year 1 + Taxes, equip. charges, RSN, FDV &
other fees.
About Verizon
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in
New York City, has a diverse
workforce of 162,000 and generated nearly $132 billion in 2015 revenues. Verizon operates
America's most reliable wireless network, with 113.7 million retail
connections nationwide. The company also provides communications
and entertainment services over mobile broadband and the nation's
premier all-fiber network, and delivers integrated business
solutions to customers worldwide.
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Contact:
Michael Murphy
781-223-5975
Michael.murphy@verizonwireless.com
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