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FiOS

Learn about Verizon FiOS, the triple play telecommunications service offering internet access, telephone, and television over a fiber-optic network. Discover FiOS history, including its launch, innovations like home DVR access, and subscriber growth over the years.

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FiOS

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  1. FiOS https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  2. FiOS • 'Verizon FiOS' is a Triple play (telecommunications)|bundled Internet access, telephone, and television service which operates over a Optical fiber|fiber-optic communications network https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  3. FiOS - History • Verizon Communications, formed in 2000, announced a television service called FiOS in September 2005 to compete with other television providers. The service first became available for 9,000 customers in Keller, Texas. Verizon aimed to replace copper wires with fiber-optic communication|optical fibers, which would allow greater speed and quality of communication. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  4. FiOS - History • In 2006, Verizon and Motorola partnered to bring its customers home DVR access, which allowed viewers to record and watch television programs simultaneously.Corner, Stuart. Verizon Launches the Three-channel DVR. ITWire. N.p., 15 Aug. 2006. Web. 27 Sept. 2013. . https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  5. FiOS - History • In 2006, The Wall Street Journal speculated: https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  6. FiOS - History • In July 2007 Verizon released FiOS 2.0, which enabled customers to use widgets, allowing for more interactivity of the service. Verizon announced in January 2008 that one million people subscribed to the service. That same year, Verizon FiOS expanded its HD channel selection to over 150 HD channels.Verizon Tops 1 Million FiOS TV Customers. WebWire. N.p., 29 Jan. 2008. Web. 27 Sept. 2013. . https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  7. FiOS - History • Price increases were announced in April 2008, when FiOS was available to (not necessarily subscribed by) 6.5 million households. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  8. FiOS - History • In January 2009, FiOS was available to 12.7 million homes, with about 2.5 million subscribing to the Internet service. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  9. FiOS - History • , FiOS Internet had 3.1 million customers. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  10. FiOS - History • Estimates on December 31, 2009, were 3.4 million Internet customers and 2.86 million for FiOS TV, with availability down to 12.2 million premises. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  11. FiOS - History • Verizon announced in March 2010 they were winding down their FiOS expansion, concentrating on completing their network in areas that already had FiOS franchises but were not deploying to new areas, which included the cities of Baltimore and Boston, who had not yet secured municipal franchise agreements. This may violate Verizon's agreements with some municipalities and states, since Verizon has collected revenue to deploy infrastructure upgrades that never occurred. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  12. FiOS - History • In April 2010, Verizon announced that three million people were subscribed to Verizon FiOS. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  13. FiOS - History • In July 2010, estimates were 3.8 million FiOS Internet subscribers and 3.2 million TV subscribers, with availability to 15 million homes. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  14. FiOS - History • In May 2013, Verizon announced they had passed 18 million homes with FiOS and 5 million customers. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  15. FiOS - History • As of September 2013, Verizon FiOS has availability in 16 states. Many of the areas where Verizon FiOS has service are concentrated in the New England, Mid Atlantic, and Pacific regions, as well as Texas, Indiana, and Florida.Where Is Fios Available? Fios Availability. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Sept. 2013. . Verizon FiOS begins its installation in affluent areas and spreads to lower income areas. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  16. FiOS - Technical details • To serve a home, a single-mode optical fiber extends from an optical line terminal at a FiOS Telephone exchange|central office out to the neighborhoods where a passive Beam splitter|optical splitter fans out the same signal on up to 32 fibers, thus serving up to 32 subscribers https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  17. FiOS - Technical details • Older FiOS installations mount the ONT inside the house and use Category 5 cable|Category 5 cable for data and coaxial cable for video, while newer markets mount the ONT outside the house and use Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) protocol for both data and video over a single coaxial cable. Voice service is carried over the existing telephone wires already in the house. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  18. FiOS - Technical details • One of the three wavelength bands is devoted to carrying television channels using standard QAM (television)|QAM cable television technology. The other two wavelengths are devoted to all other data, one for outbound and the other for inbound data. This includes video on demand, telephone and Internet data. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  19. FiOS - Technical details • This allocation of wavelengths adheres to the ITU-T G.983 standard, also known as an Asynchronous Transfer Mode|ATM passive optical network (APON). Verizon initially installed slower Passive optical network#Standards|BPONs but now only installs Passive optical network#Standards|GPONs specified in the ITU-T G.984 standard. These bands and speeds are: https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  20. FiOS - Technical details • * 1310 nanometre|nm wavelength for upstream (networking)|upstream data at 155 Mbit/s (1.2 Gbit/s with GPON) https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  21. FiOS - Technical details • The set top box (STB) receives IR code and channel subscription information through the out-of-band (OOB) channel just as other coax or RF connector|RF-based STB's do https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  22. FiOS - Technical details • FiOS is also compatible with CableCard technology allowing FiOS TV subscribers to receive encrypted and premium cable channels on CableCard capable devices. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  23. FiOS - Television • This broadcast content originates from a Cable television headend|Super Head-End, which sends the signal to a Video Hub Office for distribution to FiOS TV customers. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  24. FiOS - Television • The router supports multimedia (Multimedia over Coax Alliance|MOCA) and provides the set-top boxes with programming guides and all SD channels, but High-definition television|high definition content (beyond local HD channels which are in clear QAM) requires HD equipment like a FiOS HD set-top box/DVR or a CableCARD-supporting device, such as TiVo https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  25. FiOS - Television • The new FiOS Media server can also record up to six TV shows at the same time https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  26. FiOS - Television • Select HD, Prime HD, Extreme HD, Ultimate HD, with La Conexión (a Spanish language-oriented plan) and broadcast and local access channels only. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  27. FiOS - Television • Additional subscription packages are available, including sports packages, pay-per-view channels, and video on demand content. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  28. FiOS - Television • In the summer of 2013, Verizon began 'gating' On Demand content, blocking what was previously 'free' On Demand content to anyone not subscribed to the regular programming. As a result, anyone not signed up for the Extreme HD or Ultimate HD packages lost Free Movies content that was previously accessible. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  29. FiOS - Television • On September 20, 2013 Verizon FiOS TV subscribers gained the ability to watch several channels over the internet on their mobile devices. Previously FiOS only offered an iPad app that streamed 75 channels of television, but only on a user's home wireless network. As of September the new iOS app supports streaming of BBC America, BBC World News, EPIX, NFL Network, HGTV, DIY, the Tennis Channel, Food Network, and Travel Channel over any internet connection. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  30. FiOS - Internet access • FiOS offers several service tiers that are available individually, but are offered at discounts when combined in a bundle. Although all tiers are available nationwide, price varies between markets and some legacy tiers are available only in selected markets. The tiers are distinguished by data transmission speed measured in Megabits per second|Mbit/s downstream (networking)|downstream and upstream (networking)|upstream. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  31. FiOS - Internet access • On June 18, 2012, Verizon announced its newest version of Verizon FiOS called FiOS Quantum. The new release doubled every tier of Verizon FiOS subscriber packages. This release also introduced the 300 Mbit/s download speeds to the available service packages. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  32. FiOS - Internet access • In July 2013 Verizon FiOS announced its highest speed tier at 500/100 Mbit/s for home and small businesses. Starting with limited coverage, they hoped to reach all FiOS markets by 2014. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  33. FiOS - Telephone • Verizon offers plain old telephone service (POTS) as well as voice over IP over FiOS. The common model optical network terminals have two or four phone jacks. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  34. FiOS - Telephone • There have been reports in various markets that Verizon physically disconnected the copper lines (or the network interface device, necessary for copper-line phone service) at the time that FiOS was installed, and that Verizon customer service talked customers into upgrading from copper with false promises of no changes in service rates. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  35. FiOS - Telephone • Power outages may affect service availability https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  36. FiOS - Telephone • FiOS Digital Voice, is not a voice over IP service, but rather an emulation of the old POTS using pulse-code modulation with premium features. The service began in September 2008. FiOS Digital Voice replaced an earlier service called VoiceWing which was launched in 2004 and discontinued in early 2009, shortly after the launch of FiOS Digital Voice. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  37. FiOS - Telephone • Verizon announced expanded availability for 2009. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  38. FiOS - Telephone • The expansion took longer than planned, as Verizon continued to lose traditional wireline customers. By June 2010, Digital Voice was available in 11 states (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, California, Texas, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and Florida) and the District of Columbia. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  39. FiOS - Telephone • It offers both an unlimited calling and a per-minute plan. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  40. FiOS - Telephone • Verizon sold landline operations in the markets of northern New England to FairPoint Communications in March 2008. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  41. FiOS - Telephone • Fiber to the premises projects in those markets was renamed as FAST (Fiber Access Speed Technology). In June 2010, Verizon sold landline operations scattered throughout 13 states to Frontier Communications. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  42. FiOS - Products and services offered • As of October 2013, Verizon FiOS offered a number of products that included but are not limited to the following: https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  43. FiOS - Products and services offered • *Verizon FIOS Triple Play: TV, Internet, Cable: By bundling packages together, it helps to bring the cost to the consumer down. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  44. FiOS - Products and services offered • *FIOS Video: Product started in December 2012. This is a Video on Demand service. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  45. FiOS - Products and services offered • Verizon FiOS is looking to launch a service where one can watch a program where he or she has left off even if that person started to watch on a different device https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  46. FiOS - Products and services offered • The time frame that Verizon FIOS hopes to achieve this in is by the end of 2013. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  47. FiOS - Competition • No matter what market place Verizon FIOS tries to penetrate, there will be competition from companies large and small. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  48. FiOS - Criticism • This has raised a number of safety concerns for Verizon FiOS users when it comes to emergency situations https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  49. FiOS - Criticism • A 2007 report noted the high quality of the service and that subscribers enjoy the fast Internet speeds and high quality HD channels.Review: Verizon's FiOS Phone-Cable TV-Internet Service https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

  50. Cablevision - Verizon FiOS • As of 2011, FiOS carries MSG in HD. https://store.theartofservice.com/itil-2011-foundation-complete-certification-kit-fourth-edition-study-guide-ebook-and-online-course.html

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