Analyst David Barden predicts that Verizon's FiOS network, which launched two years ago and now boasts growth of more than 10,000 customers in an average week, will have two million customers by year's end.
Although cable companies didn't take Verizon seriously when they first announced the service, no one is laughing any more. "Verizon is real," Steve Burke, Comcast Corp's chief operating ... [ read the full article ]
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Originally posted by mlsgiant: I got Verizon FIOS here in Philly, PA. It kicks ***. Screw Comcast. People in this area weren't willing to switch to other providers such as satellite because the local sports channel (Comcast Sports Net) was only available to Comcast Cable Subscribers. But Verizon struck a deal and now carrys the channel. Interesting to add here is that Comcast right now is building the biggest skyscraper in Center City Philadelphia. When I was getting FIOS installed the installer told me that getting the deal to carry the sports channel was if Verizon would buy floor space in the new Comcast One Tower! Interesting? Could I smell future merger???
This is total ignorant crap. Comcast occupies 100% of the new tower, which it does not own but simply leases from a real estate investment company. It hasn't offered a square inch to anybody except its own staff and that of the companies it has acquired since the tower commenced construction. The idea it would put Verizon (which is HQ'd in NYC, not Philadelphia) in the middle of the henhouse is so ludicrous it defies even elementary logic. Quit spreading unfounded speculation.
