Verizon is working on new broadband technology that is capable of delivering some of the fastest Internet speeds ever recorded.
The new service would provide customers download speeds of 10 gigabits per second. That would be 10 times faster than Google Fiber and 1,000 times faster than the average U.S. home Internet connection.
How fast is that exactly? A two-hour high definition movie would take eight seconds to download, 100 students could download a textbook in two seconds simultaneously, and uploading 1,000 photos would take about two seconds as well, Verizon says.
The new technology works by "adding new colors of light" onto the company's existing fiber-optic cable network.
When it builds up its capacity, Verizon says it believes the new technology could one day become capable of delivering speeds as fast as 40 to 80 gigabits per second.
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Verizon needs to settle the contact with the workers who will build and maintain that network.
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ReplyDeleteGuess I'll finally have to take Evelyn Wood's speed reading course!
Faster is nice BUT a safer should come first.
ReplyDeleteFiber is what broke Verizon in the first place so I doubt this will happen very soon. The average computer could never process data 1000 times faster what's the point in all that speed when your computer can't process at that pace.
ReplyDeleteIf my Verizon gets 1000 times faster, it will still be slow
ReplyDeleteEven worse is you can get veriaon because you live in the sticks( i.e. Rural areas). They should first make sure everyone has internet before they go all high speed fibre optics.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't really matter, because Verizon doesn't want to maintain the last mile connection to the home. Look at their SEC filings - they usually attribute their profits to deferred maintenance costs.
ReplyDeleteIve been on the waiting list for FIOS for the past 8 years, how long is the wait for this technology.
ReplyDeleteYou won't get it on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Not happening.
DeleteAnd I got that straight from an executive.
First place it's going per executive
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The devil is in the details. If you are sharing a t1 line or fiber optic with others, there can be bandwidth issues so your connection, depending on the time of day could be really slow. An as another commenter stated, speed can also depend on the processor you have on your computer. I like any alternative to Comcast.
ReplyDeleteI don't think too many people are sharing a fractionated, 1.44mb T-1 line for their internet anymore.
DeleteFiber optic technology has been around for at least 40 years, but this sounds like a new way to harness it. Just like when DSL was introduced, which runs off the old copper plant.
Around here, it seems that only new construction in larger developments are considered for FTTP (fiber to the premises).
My Verizon internet goes out at least once a day. Does this mean it will now go out 1,000 times a day?
ReplyDeleteAnd, 229 has a point. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. I don't care how fast my internet gets from here to San Francisco, its still got to go through that "last mile of copper" to get to my box. Hence, it will be no faster for all residential customers. Only Rt 13 & 50 businesses will have this at their end only.
Get rid of all local Verizon engineers and techs/service and internet will improve immediately. They can't find ass with both hands in back pockets.
ReplyDeleteThat has got to be the dumbest comment of the day.
DeleteJust what I need,an explosively fast internet.
ReplyDeleteComcast is starting to run fiber to the home on the Eastern shore.
ReplyDeleteYou can thank Net Neutrality for your ever-expanding rural internet services and giving Verizon an incentive to increase speeds. But nobody would ever acknowledge something Obama supported as a good thing.
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