Introducing Verizon FiOS Internet Service. It's the next generation in broadband.

Verizon FiOS (FYE-ose) is the new suite of fiber-optic services over FTTP, an advanced fiber-optic technology that can be used to connect a home or business directly to Verizon's network. Fiber-optic systems use strands of glass fiber and laser-generated pulses of light to transmit voice, data and video signals at speeds and capacities far exceeding today's systems. This new network will have greater reliability and lower maintenance costs. By deploying fiber to homes and businesses in our territory, Verizon is reinventing its wireline business.

FiOS leapfrogs competitors. It's the most powerful connection we have ever offered.

Verizon FiOS enables customers to do more with the Internet than ever before, such as download purchased digital movies in a flash, play online games at lightning speeds, share large photo files, and video chat with friends and family. Work-at-home customers will enjoy speeds comparable to their office environment.

FiOS Internet service offers the nation's fastest consumer broadband connections - with download speeds up to 50 megabits per second (Mbps) and upload speeds up to 20 Mbps.

With FiOS, Verizon offers superior broadband speeds at very competitive prices along with Verizon's existing wireline and wireless, local and long-distance telephony services - and now, FiOS TV - the alternative to cable TV you've been waiting for!

To learn more about FiOS and check availability in your area, click here.

Verizon is also bringing competition to the cable TV market in communities across the U.S. Verizon has secured franchises with hundreds of local municipalities, including many here in California.  On March 8, 2007, Verizon California received the first statewide video franchise. Under the franchise, Verizon can offer FiOS TV in 45 more communities in Southern California. These are in addition to the 18 communities where the service is already available under locally approved franchises.

FiOS TV offers a better-quality picture, more high-definition and on-demand programs, and more reliable service at competitive prices than its competitors. Verizon's FiOS TV Premier package delivers more than 200 all-digital channels, including a diverse array of multicultural programming.  In California, the package includes more than 25 high-definition (HD) channels, and five more HD channels are available with premium movie subscriptions. Verizon offers a video-on-demand library of 11,000 titles per month - 60 percent of those titles are available free of charge.

FiOS TV features entertainment in a variety of languages in addition to its English-language programming.  Spanish-speaking viewers can choose La Conexion, a package of more than 160 popular English and Spanish-language channels or a Spanish-language package.  Verizon also currently offers 17 international premium channels in languages such as Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese.

Verizon offers innovative features not available from other providers, such as Home Media DVR (digital video recorder) and FiOS TV Widgets. Home Media DVR, allows the family to use one DVR to access recorded programming from multiple rooms in the house. Customers also can access photos and music on their PCs and play them on their TV.  FiOS TV Widgets is an interactive feature that provides viewers with local weather and traffic information while they're watching their favorite shows.

Visit the FiOS TV website to check prices and availability and experience the next generation of television.