 | Verizon's network uses the most fiber-optic systems of any other local or long distance company in the U.S. If all of the fiber-optic strands in our network were stretched out end to end, the total distance would be about 14.4 million miles, enough to circle the world 576 times.
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| All of the computerized call-routing system in Verizon's network use the latest digital-switching technology.
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| Those approximately 6,000 systems -- located from Maine to Maui -- have round-the-clock backup electrical power in the form of batteries and/or diesel generators. That means that even if an area loses commercial electric power in a storm, you will still have a dial tone.
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| Verizon has over 7,000 self-healing SONET fiber-optic rings. This advanced network architecture senses a break in the fiber "ring" and automatically re-routes voice and data calls in the opposite direction, so customers served by that ring don't ever know there's any network damage.
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| Verizon is the only major U.S. telecom company building fiber-optic links all the way to customers' homes, paving the way for the company¿s industry-leading FiOS Internet and TV services.
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