Under a plan to manage its Internet traffic, Comcast reportedly has promised that its heaviest users will have Internet speeds equivalent to “a really good DSL experience” during periods of network congestion. The irony of this statement is that a really good DSL experience is….really good. Verizon High Speed Internet [...]

We’re alerting the public and law enforcement agencies about a phony sweepstakes that improperly uses Verizon’s name. Scam artists pretending to be affiliated with Verizon are mailing letters to consumers falsely stating that the consumers have won $750,000. Included with the letter is a phony $4,500 check to allegedly help [...]

The Times this morning posted "A Bear Speaks" on its Bits blog, based on one analyst's contrarian view of the wisdom of our FiOS investment. Based on our four years of experience deploying and selling FiOS, I thought I'd offer our own observation about the bear's view: It's near-sighted. Verizon's [...]

Several media and Internet commentators have been looking at the numbers reported by Verizon and some of our cable competitors. Indeed in the second quarter, some of the cables did well in attracting new customers, and, while Verizon added more customers than most of our peers, the two largest cable [...]

Competition for New York City’s TV screens heats up today as Verizon begins offering FiOS TV in the Big Apple. As we launch, some 300,000 households in parts of the first 108 neighborhoods in all five boroughs will be able to order FiOS TV service. By the end of 2008, [...]

Anyone who wants confirmation of Verizon’s plans for high-definition programming can look to the Big Apple. We’re launching Verizon FiOS TV in New York City with 100 HD channels, more than Time Warner or Cablevision. We’re also offering our new channel lineup to existing FiOS TV markets in the New [...]

Cablevision is just amazing. Confronted with FiOS TV launching in NYC with 100 HD channels, Cablevision announces it now has 60 HD channels. While more than one observer finds the timing “amusing,” the cable guys tell reporters: “Verizon has a lot of duplicates in their count.” Not hardly. The 100 [...]

It’s clear from the comments at PolicyBlog and in other forums that consumer demand for high-definition programming is skyrocketing. Verizon is responding by adding new HD channels across the FiOS TV footprint, with the goal of offering all available major HD programming by the end of this year. But sometimes [...]

A little less than a month ago, I gave PolicyBlog readers a preview of the new content coming to FiOS TV screens this summer. I said then that we’d start adding new HD and standard-definition channels in July. Today, we’ve announced the first in a series of channel launches that [...]

Just wanted to share the news that Verizon is matching each dollar given by our employees to assist Midwest flood victims. Our hearts go out to those suffering, and hope this small gesture can help them through these tough times. Verizon, Employees Aid Flood Victims In Seven StatesTelco Will Match [...]

Stories like one from Reuters this week out of NXTcomm are being interpreted by some as signaling a new direction for Verizon’s FiOS project. That’s wrong. Verizon’s FiOS project is going full steam ahead, and we continue to believe that fiber all the way to our customers is simply the [...]

“Fast” Internet access means different things to different people. If you’re a cable customer, it means that you’re can look forward to new upload speeds of 1 Mbps or 2 Mbps paired with typical promised but not always delivered download speeds of 6 Mbps. If you’re a Verizon FiOS customer, [...]

While it hasn’t quite achieved the notoriety of an urban myth, it’s become commonplace to read that the United States lags other countries when it comes to broadband service. Despite rapidly growing services like FiOS and wireless broadband, many people believe that the U.S. trails other companies in broadband speeds [...]

Some reporting coming out of NXTcomm today suggests that Verizon is considering technology other than fiber to the home after 2010. Asked about Verizon’s plans today, Verizon President and COO Denny Strigl, who was speaking at NXTcomm, said this: “We plan to offer broadband using High Speed Internet and FiOS, [...]

It’s no secret that the telecommunications market is shifting, and some people are disconnecting the trusty landline and using wireless phones for voice service. These same consumers still want reliable wireline broadband services that deliver what they advertise. Verizon, with our superior wireless and wireline networks, is evolving along with [...]

Innovation in the world of technology is surging forward. What's happening out here in the Nevada desert at NXTcomm08 tells us something about the high octane at work in network technology, and about the charting of America's -- and the world's -- course. On the exhibit floor here in Las [...]

The major telecom industry show and meeting, NXTcomm, is underway in the 100 degree heat of Las Vegas. But even before it started, industry execs were gathering to discuss subjects like supplier diversity, the topic for the Verizon co-sponsored DiversityNXT meeting Monday morning. Verizon’s Mark Wegleitner, senior vice president for [...]

There has been a lot of reporting about our announcement this week with New York’s Attorney General that we will work to more effectively limit customer access to child pornography over the Internet. We have also seen discussion in online forums about what this means. Here’s what Verizon will do. [...]

With all the talk about Verizon FiOS, we’ve also been revving up the speed of our copper-based High Speed Internet service. And we’ve been aggressively expanding it across our service territory. Since January of this year, Verizon has offered consumer broadband service with a download connection speed of up to [...]

Last month, the Star-Ledger (New Jersey’s largest newspaper) published a story on its front page called “Cellular companies hunt nameless nuisances.” The article focused on how wireless consumers are becoming increasingly annoyed with text message spam and telemarketing calls sent to their wireless phones. Verizon Wireless tries to stay ahead [...]

Several of us from Verizon participated in Parry Aftab’s StopCyberbullying conference this week at Pace University. Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg delivered the keynote. Ivan sketched out the great opportunities open to kids and communities in the Internet age, but addressed quite directly the need for joint action to curb those [...]

Tomorrow Verizon will issue a news release about some of the new content coming to your FiOS TV screens this summer. Because PolicyBlog readers have expressed a lot of interest – and frankly frustration – about new content, I’m giving you the heads up today. What we will announce is [...]

Anyone who has been within earshot of Verizon for the past few years knows that we talk a lot about fiber optics. But not just any fiber optics. Verizon’s fiber optic network goes all the way to the customer’s home offering the fastest Internet service available in the U.S. and [...]

On April 29, New York City government announced plans to take action on the proposed Verizon cable franchise agreement for New York City. Once approved, this agreement will allow the more than three million New York City households to access FiOS TV. The City’s Franchise and Concession Review Committee is [...]

Today at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES) 2008 in Orlando, Verizon described a new mobile wireless communications solution it has developed and distributed to 2,250 field technicians and managers in our Verizon Partner Solutions (VPS) unit. VPS is a wholesale provider of networks and network services to U.S based wireless, [...]