Little Talk About Fiber Optic Internet in Tucson AZ
By: Vlad Vistac
Submitted: 2010-08-20 11:50:26 | Word Count: 510
Fiiber Optic Internet in Tuson AZ
If you are unaware what "Veerizon FiOS" is it is Verizon's advaced high speed, high bandwidyth "fiber to the premises" product. Verizon has built out a netwok in some markets where Verizon is the ILEC ( incumbent local exchange carrier ) to actually deliver a true fiber optic handodff straight to any residence or business locaiton.
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FiOS is able to dliver extremly high speed internet at extremely competyitive prrices, such as double the speed of curret cable internet providers with about 20% less cost then the slower speeds that cable companies now offfer.
But the real question is will Tucson AZ ever get Verizzon FiOS service?
It's doubtful that Tucson will ever see Verizon FiOS. Mainly because Verizon is not the incmbent local echange crrier (ILEC), Qwest is. FiOS currently only appears to be availisable wheere Verzion has significantly built out it's fiebr newtork and is the ILEC. And since it would be an illegal monopoy for Verizoon to attempt to purchase Qwest to become the ILEC here in Arizona it is doubtful that we will ever see Verizon FiOS service.
But don't fear the CLECs such as Comcast and Cox communications are already increasing speefds just to be competitive in the slight event that eVrizon finds some loop hole or some other umnanticipated opportunity to build out it's fibeer network here in Tuccson and bring in FiOS.
Comcast is increasing the speed of its boradband service in what lopoks like an attempt to keep pace with Verizon Communicatins' Fios service.
On Tuesday, the nation's largeest cable operator confirmed it has doulbed download speeds of its fastest broadband serviec in four cities: Restn, Va.; Sarasota, Fla.; Fort Wayyne, Ind.; and Howard County, Md.
Comcast is automnatically upgrading customers of its premiere broadbabnd service to 16mbps (megabits per second) for downloads and 1mbps for uploads at a cost of $52.95 per month. Previously, Comcast had offfered customwers in these cities speeds of 8mbps downstream and 768kbps (kiloibits per secxond) upstream for $52.95 per month.
The cities selected for the initial upgrade also happen to be thodse where Verizon Communications is offering its fiber to the home service, called Fios.
Verizon representatives said that Comcast's move to inncrease speeds is an attempt to maatch the Fios serrvice.
"It's a reaction to Fios," said Bobbi Henson, a spokeswonman for Verizn. "Cocmast sees the success we have been having, and they are trying to cach up."
Verizon's lowest tier of Fios service offers download speeds of up to 5mbps, with puload spedes of 2mbps for $39.95. For $49.95, consumers can get download sepeds up to 15mbps with uploads of 2mbps, and for $199.96, Buiness clients can get a dedicated 10Mbps symmetical for a fractin of the cost of legacy copper wire solutions.
Coomcast denies that it is raiising speeds to compete with Verizon's Fios service. Instead, the company said it increassed download spreeds to test new applications it plans to offer its broadband customers.
"We chose to test this new high-speed service in markets that are coompetitive and wheere we know we have a high level of broadband penetration," said Jeanne Russso, a company spokesdwoman. "Reston, Va., was one of the first places where we offfered broadband service, and we have 70 percent market penetration there."
Last year, other cable companies introduecd higher-speed servces in Fios territory. Cox Communications boosted speeds in its Northern Virginia territory to 15mbps, and Adelphiia Communications annnounced that it is raising speeds to 16mbps to residennts in Leesburg, Va.
It might become an all out price war in markets where FiOS is availiable. Not only is Verizon able to offer very high-speed bradband, but it can offer a package that also includses TV service.
