Gawain of Orkeny
10-31-2005, 02:01
I recnenly heard that this was installed in my area.
News Release
Verizon, in Historic First, Begins Large-Scale Rollout of Advanced Fiber-Optic Technology With Keller, Texas, Deployment; Announces Plans for Offering New Services
Deployment of Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) in Keller to be Followed With Similar Rollout Elsewhere in Texas and Eight Other States This Year; Verizon to Open National FTTP Technical Support Center in Dallas
May 19, 2004
Media contacts:
Bill Kula, 972-718-6924
Mark Marchand, 212-395-0500
KELLER, Texas - The most significant transformation in over a century in the technology used to carry phone calls, data and video to and from homes and businesses is under way in Keller, Texas, a fast-growing community in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Verizon has begun installing in Keller a new technology known as fiber to the premises (FTTP), which uses fiber-optic cable and optical electronics to directly link homes and businesses to Verizon's network. The fiber-optic connections will replace traditional copper-wire links.
Although the use of fiber-optic technology is common throughout the telecom industry, Verizon is the first company to begin using it to directly connect homes and businesses to the network on a widespread scale.
"FTTP is moving from field trials and the lab to the real world, and it's happening in Keller first," Verizon Network Services Group President Paul Lacouture said at a news conference with city officials here today. "This technology will transform our network and the products we will be able to offer to consumers and businesses. Once deployed, for example, the slowest broadband connection we'll offer customers will be three times as fast as broadband speeds commonly available today. In short, we are building a new network that will make us the broadband leader in the 21st century."
Bob Ingalls, president of Verizon's Retail Marketing Group, said some of the new broadband access products will feature download speeds of 5 megabits per second, 15 megabits per second and 30 megabits per second. Verizon expects to begin marketing these products in Keller and elsewhere later this year. The new network will also support video applications and other new services.
"These services will be provided at a substantial value over anything that's in the market today - highly competitive pricing because we know that's what customers will expect," Ingalls said.
Its 20 dollars a month cheaper than my cable which ive been told was the fastest available to the home prior to this. My cable runs at 100mps. Is this better than my cable connection?
News Release
Verizon, in Historic First, Begins Large-Scale Rollout of Advanced Fiber-Optic Technology With Keller, Texas, Deployment; Announces Plans for Offering New Services
Deployment of Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) in Keller to be Followed With Similar Rollout Elsewhere in Texas and Eight Other States This Year; Verizon to Open National FTTP Technical Support Center in Dallas
May 19, 2004
Media contacts:
Bill Kula, 972-718-6924
Mark Marchand, 212-395-0500
KELLER, Texas - The most significant transformation in over a century in the technology used to carry phone calls, data and video to and from homes and businesses is under way in Keller, Texas, a fast-growing community in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Verizon has begun installing in Keller a new technology known as fiber to the premises (FTTP), which uses fiber-optic cable and optical electronics to directly link homes and businesses to Verizon's network. The fiber-optic connections will replace traditional copper-wire links.
Although the use of fiber-optic technology is common throughout the telecom industry, Verizon is the first company to begin using it to directly connect homes and businesses to the network on a widespread scale.
"FTTP is moving from field trials and the lab to the real world, and it's happening in Keller first," Verizon Network Services Group President Paul Lacouture said at a news conference with city officials here today. "This technology will transform our network and the products we will be able to offer to consumers and businesses. Once deployed, for example, the slowest broadband connection we'll offer customers will be three times as fast as broadband speeds commonly available today. In short, we are building a new network that will make us the broadband leader in the 21st century."
Bob Ingalls, president of Verizon's Retail Marketing Group, said some of the new broadband access products will feature download speeds of 5 megabits per second, 15 megabits per second and 30 megabits per second. Verizon expects to begin marketing these products in Keller and elsewhere later this year. The new network will also support video applications and other new services.
"These services will be provided at a substantial value over anything that's in the market today - highly competitive pricing because we know that's what customers will expect," Ingalls said.
Its 20 dollars a month cheaper than my cable which ive been told was the fastest available to the home prior to this. My cable runs at 100mps. Is this better than my cable connection?