Verizon Doubling FiOS Internet Speeds - warelosione

Verizon is speeding up its FiOS network–it's doubling the download speeds of two FiOS tiers, and IT's adding two new ace-fast tiers to the service, the company proclaimed Wednesday.

The current 25Mbps/25Mbps (download/upload) tier volition be boosted to 50Mbps/25Mbps. Likewise, the 35Mbps/35Mbps tier testament swiftness up to 75Mbps/35Mbps. As you can see, in both cases upload speeds will remain the same.

In addition, Verizon will insert deuce new super-truehearted tiers: 150Mbps/65Mbps and 300Mbps/65Mbps. Verizon will reveal pricing for the new tiers former in June.

Accordant to Verizon, the speed increases are a societal and technological essential.

"The ways we used the Net and watched TV over the past 10 to 15 years have dramatically shifted," explained Bob Mudge, president of Verizon's consumer and mass market business unit.

"With the emergence of smartphones, smart TVs, Blu-beam players, tablets and gaming consoles," he continuing, "that also serve A terminated-the-top devices, consumers need more bandwidth to receive the highest-quality experience."

IDC researcher Matte Dwight Davis agrees. Davis notes that, for many years, "most consumers did non actually need the highest speeds to obtain a best get. We are now last seeing usage view upbound with capacity–consumers are at a compass point where they rightfully need all the speed they can get."

Verizon leave continue to offer its entry-degree grade of 15Mbps/5Mbps for brightness level Cyberspace users, and alive FiOS customers can choose to maintain the Internet speeds in their current agreements with Verizon. Verizon says the majority of its customers will be able to order the large-fast tiers, which will compel customers connect via a GPON (gigabit passive optical network) terminal. For customers who currently have BPON (broadband passive optical network) and stipulate for GPON, the installment of a new GPON time period wish be required.

Verizon hopes to shroud every household with its new tiers. The ship's company says the highest tiers–150Mbps/65Mbps and 300Mbps/65Mbps–are right for households with five or more Internet-adjacent users.

Connection speeds can greatly affect your Internet experience. For instance, downloading a 2-hour HD video takes about 45 minutes at 15Mbps, compared to about 9 transactions at 75Mbps and just 2.3 minutes at 300Mbps. (In fact, it's this very good example of movie downloading that has the MPAA nervous about faster Internet speeds and the implications for buccaneering.)

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